Extra Batteries and Inverters
I saw this article and thought it was pretty neat. Since I want to add aux tanks in front of the rear fenders, I like the lift off wooden box that sits on top of the fender the best. https://www.tr...
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I put 6 6V batts and am AIM 4k pure sine wave inv in my Host. The inverter had an auto transfer switch and a 3 stage smart charger built in. I ordered the TC without a gen set. AC came in and went directly to the inverter and then out to the TC. I actually removed my converter and surprisingly Host had installed a transfer switch also, so I removed it.
This allowed me to run all circuits off the inverter, including AC and the fireplace and the fridge.
Normally if we were parked on a main street of a small town I could run the AC for 30 minutes easily.
I also carried a Honda 2K gen set. If I was plugged in to the grid in a campground or plugged into the Honda the AC was passed thru the inverter and into the TC. Also the battery were charged at the same time.
I normally kept my fridge on forced propane use with the controls on the fridge. If you wanted you could run your fridge on AC thru the inverter going down the road. I had dual 440 amp alternators on the truck.
I usually just ran propane 24/7. This set up worked very well for me. I always had all the power I needed.
The 12 volt stuff ran as normal.
This allowed me to run all circuits off the inverter, including AC and the fireplace and the fridge.
Normally if we were parked on a main street of a small town I could run the AC for 30 minutes easily.
I also carried a Honda 2K gen set. If I was plugged in to the grid in a campground or plugged into the Honda the AC was passed thru the inverter and into the TC. Also the battery were charged at the same time.
I normally kept my fridge on forced propane use with the controls on the fridge. If you wanted you could run your fridge on AC thru the inverter going down the road. I had dual 440 amp alternators on the truck.
I usually just ran propane 24/7. This set up worked very well for me. I always had all the power I needed.
The 12 volt stuff ran as normal.
