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whiteysax
Explorer
Nov 27, 2013

Switching to inverter power during power outage

I apologize if this issue has been addressed in an earlier thread. The RV park I'm staying at experienced a loss of power tonight. When I purchased my fifth wheel, I was told when shore side power ...
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whiteysax
Explorer
Nov 27, 2013
I did some looking around and found my converter. It is mounted right behind the fuse box. The inverter is on the opposite side connected to a chain of batteries. Am I correct to assume what I experienced during the power outage was the converter powering the 12v utilities? In that case, why wouldn't my inverter power anything? It's pretty tough to follow the wires from the inverter as they eventually run inside the undercarriage.
My fridge is residential and has no LP hookup.

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