connect camper to off grid

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BigTaz
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connect camper to off grid

Post by BigTaz » Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:47 am

Hello Day World

Have a question for you I would like to know if I could just plug my camper into my inverter so this way I could have everything on board work. I only have 4 things that run off of 110 frig... Water heater (on demand) A/C and a few receptacles. Any help will be appreciated

techman
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Re: connect camper to off grid

Post by techman » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:35 am

Yes you can plug the inverter into the camper receptacle. BUT - warning - do NOT ever plug in shore power if your interter is connected or you will have fireworks.

And another point. I dont know how large your inverter is but your hot water heater will take a lot of power. Make sure you have enough battery capacity and a large enough inverter to handle all the loads you are asking of it.

Keep the inverter very close to the batteries for best results and also keep the wires short.

Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. I would be happy to help

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