Inverter/solar install questions
I am installing an inverter and solar panel setup in my Volante 380MD 5th wheel. I have a Magnum 2812 inverter, 2x 100AH lithium batteries, getting 400AH more of batteries soon. What I am thinking...
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2oldman wrote:
500ah of Lithium ..? You could run anything in your coach, and probably your a/c for a while. I'll try to convince you to skip all that work and do it the much easier way: Do a hard-wire whole house install.
Forget the sub-panel stuff, forget the moving the shore cord. Is that Magnum an IC? If so, you've got it made.
a) install an spst switch on the converter and turn it off. If it has a separate breaker, even better, just turn that off. Use the charger in the Magnum. Caveat: Make sure the Magnum can be adjusted to charge Li's
b) Move ac panel's shore input to output of Magnum. Move shore cord power to ac input of Magnum. Most inverters that large have hard-wire functionality. I use household Romex. Did you mean you were going to plug your shore cord into it? I don't see any outlets on it.
c) Done, and you can run anything you want.
Now, having said my peace, if you absolutely cannot remember to turn your HW to gas and your refer to gas when inverting, then forget all this and do it your way.
I've been thinking about this option. I'd like to put a 50A breaker box between the shore power plug and the Magnum input, but otherwise just wire it like this. We never use the electric WH anyway.
If I go with this option, I need a 40' length of 6/3 cable to run shore power to the inverter, otherwise I'm set.
