irish123
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Post by irish123 on Dec 11, 2020 16:08:18 GMT -8
first I wanna say thank you for all the great posts here there’s a lot of knowledge Here and I have learned a lot in the past month just reading your posts. I’m in the process of re-wiring a Shasta contact with one and this is going to be a dumb question....but I don’t really understand I have the Furrion AC DC power distribution center, a 2000 Watt inverter and a dual battery charger for AGM batteries The power distribution center has an AC outlet in the back of it so my intention is to plug my battery charger into that outlet so far so good now I hook up my inverter and it taps that 200 amp hour battery and it has three 110 grounded outlets on the front of it and I spoke to hook up my appliances fire extension cord to those outlets? People are very simple most of the lights are solar powered and we have a small refrigerator it’s going to grow about 700 W 750 W and then we have a small AC unit it’s only supposed to go to draw about 600 bucks it is really the only two things that we want to rent so for the inverter I don’t quite understand how to get power out of the inverter to the appliances there are 33 prong outlets on the front of the inverter am I supposed to use a good 12 gauge extensionc cord? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Post by vikx on Dec 11, 2020 22:03:53 GMT -8
I'll try to answer some of your questions... First, an inverter and two batteries will not run an air conditioner, no matter the size. You're better off with a quiet generator for that. The refrigerator will work, but rapidly deplete the batteries. There are batteries and systems that will operate these appliances but start up cost is around $2500.
Does your Furrion distribution center not charge the battery on the 12 volt side? Most have a built in charger.
Your trailer should have a 30amp inlet for power. From there, the mains run to the distribution center 120 breaker area. One hot, one neutral (common) and one ground.You will have enough breakers to run a circuit and install an outlet receptacle for your power center in a convenient location. There are probably enough breakers to run Romex to the fridge and for outlets. All the wiring should be in place with receptacles close by whatever you want to power.
Your 2000 watt inverter will operate light bulbs, radios and phone chargers, etc. It is not capable of providing power to appliances. It's a handy addition but limited in what it can do.
I hope this helps. Study your owners/installation manuals carefully. That will help.
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irish123
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Post by irish123 on Dec 12, 2020 10:30:37 GMT -8
I'll try to answer some of your questions... First, an inverter and two batteries will not run an air conditioner, no matter the size. You're better off with a quiet generator for that. The refrigerator will work, but rapidly deplete the batteries. There are batteries and systems that will operate these appliances but start up cost is around $2500. Does your Furrion distribution center not charge the battery on the 12 volt side? Most have a built in charger. Your trailer should have a 30amp inlet for power. From there, the mains run to the distribution center 120 breaker area. One hot, one neutral (common) and one ground.You will have enough breakers to run a circuit and install an outlet receptacle for your power center in a convenient location. There are probably enough breakers to run Romex to the fridge and for outlets. All the wiring should be in place with receptacles close by whatever you want to power. Your 2000 watt inverter will operate light bulbs, radios and phone chargers, etc. It is not capable of providing power to appliances. It's a handy addition but limited in what it can do. I hope this helps. Study your owners/installation manuals carefully. That will help. I read the manuals backwards and forwards… the inverter is 2000 W and refrigerators only about 585 so I don’t see why it would not run… The Furrion AC/DC Power center does not have a battery charger so I have one. The main question is this... the inverter has three 3-prong outlets on the front of it ... does the manufacture intend for the end-user to run extension cords from the various appliances back to that unit? Isn’t there a way to hardwire those appliances into the inverter? |
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