Replacing my Converter/Charger - Help
Hi Guys/Gals I have a 25' Weekend Warrior toy hauler and last week in Baja my my Iota DSL-30 converter/charger stopped working I bought a PowerMax PM4 100A converter/charger to replace it I was thi...
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The new converter draws way more watts of 120 than your little 30 amper, so sharing with the fridge and kitchen GFI (for kettle. toaster) would likely be popping the breaker too often.
If you ever get into running the 120v stuff on whole house inverter (shore power plugged into your inverter), then you have to shut off the converter(s) so being able to just unplug the 75 is good when sharing it with receptacles so the receptacles stay live. You don't want to use the shared CB as the switch to turn off the converter and then also kill the receptacles.
The Iota would also need to be turned off when on whole house inverter, so if it does not just unplug, that is awkward. Of course if the Iota got fried you can just snip its 120.
If it fits you could swap out that single 15 for a double 15 and have another "branch" - ISTR there is a rule to just have the four branches for that size panel???? but who is going to inspect your rig anyway :)
EDIT--if your Iota still works as your shore power converter, then the only time you would use the 75 is from the generator. If you can plug the converter into the gen directly (via extension cord, by-passing the main 120 panel), you don't really need to run a new 120 receptacle up by the 75.
If you ever get into running the 120v stuff on whole house inverter (shore power plugged into your inverter), then you have to shut off the converter(s) so being able to just unplug the 75 is good when sharing it with receptacles so the receptacles stay live. You don't want to use the shared CB as the switch to turn off the converter and then also kill the receptacles.
The Iota would also need to be turned off when on whole house inverter, so if it does not just unplug, that is awkward. Of course if the Iota got fried you can just snip its 120.
If it fits you could swap out that single 15 for a double 15 and have another "branch" - ISTR there is a rule to just have the four branches for that size panel???? but who is going to inspect your rig anyway :)
EDIT--if your Iota still works as your shore power converter, then the only time you would use the 75 is from the generator. If you can plug the converter into the gen directly (via extension cord, by-passing the main 120 panel), you don't really need to run a new 120 receptacle up by the 75.
