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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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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Dec 09, 2013
Yup I do it here in a few cases.. I was once parked next to a wind farm (Well, about a mile away) but the voltage was way off.. I did not have an auto-former then (it was low) so I tripped the breaker feeding my Xantrex, forcing it to inverter mode. and left the Progressive Dymamics 9180 on, The microwave was quite happy as were the other electronics.

Basically folks that is a home made double conversion power line fixer.

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