Over Air TV and inverter question
Hey All, As I dig in to this new hobby I see that there is more to do. I have a winegard sat antenna that came with the rig but no sat boxes so I won't be doing satellite. I just want some over the a...
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You can run the TVs etc on a 300w inverter, and two batts is fine for that.
Try to place the inverter close to the batts to minimize voltage sag under load. You can have long 120v cords to the appliances and they will not have the voltage sag problem the 12v wires have.
It can be convenient to just plug the shore power cable into the inverter--even a small 300w one. That makes all your 120v receptacles etc, "live" so you don't need to invent more 120v wiring. However, you do need to turn off the converter to prevent "feedback" that will drain your batts fairly quickly. (the converter will just knock out a small inverter though)
Also of course, don't run 120v things that exceed the inverter's limits. (fridge and water heater on gas not 120, no hairdryer, etc etc.
You can go all the way with this inverter business and get a 2000 job that can run the microwave and other big appliances (but only one at a time) but that means having a bigger battery bank too.
Try to place the inverter close to the batts to minimize voltage sag under load. You can have long 120v cords to the appliances and they will not have the voltage sag problem the 12v wires have.
It can be convenient to just plug the shore power cable into the inverter--even a small 300w one. That makes all your 120v receptacles etc, "live" so you don't need to invent more 120v wiring. However, you do need to turn off the converter to prevent "feedback" that will drain your batts fairly quickly. (the converter will just knock out a small inverter though)
Also of course, don't run 120v things that exceed the inverter's limits. (fridge and water heater on gas not 120, no hairdryer, etc etc.
You can go all the way with this inverter business and get a 2000 job that can run the microwave and other big appliances (but only one at a time) but that means having a bigger battery bank too.
