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Postby JIML1943 » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:33 pm

That should be right use it for kill switch and connect a breaker in one of the other slots to fuse your appliances.


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Postby Joamon » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:25 am

Hey Jim do you have air conditioning in that trailer?
Is that converter big enough to handle it?
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Postby JIML1943 » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:31 am

I don't have one in it yet but in the future i will i have.I have a small dehumidifer that i'm thinking of taking apart and building it into a split system ac unit, it's only 2000 btu so it should long enough to take out the humidity. [still on drawing board]. As far as the converter running it i don't see a problem my converter is the 15 amp model and so far the only thing on it is the fridge tv and dvd player i'll carry a small heater in cooler weather the one i have only draws 7.5 amps on medium heat. Even using a 5000 btu window shaker it should handle it it if not you can always carry spare drop cord and hook ac directly into shore power.



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Postby toypusher » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:41 am

Jim,

I'm far from the electrical expert, but I have read here that an inverter will not handle the initial startup of an A/C unit. I'm sure one of the experts on here will let you know for sure.
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Postby JIML1943 » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:55 am

toypusher

Good morning you could be right but the 110 volt circuit should have nothing to do with the converter. power comes from shore power to 110 volt breakers if your breakers will carry the start up load i don't see a problem. i don't know off hand what full load amps is on a 5000 btu unit.


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Postby toypusher » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:58 am

JIML1943 wrote:...I've been wrong before


ME TOO! :lol:

I guess that I did not fully understand the 'inverter' setup that you were talking about. Need to learn how read one of these days. :oops:
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Postby JIML1943 » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:12 am

toypusher

I guess i should have said converter.


See i said i've been wrong before.


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Postby Joamon » Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:16 pm

OK Jim One last question (for now). What size incoming power cord did you use? I have a 12 awg that I got ceap but I'm thinking I might keep my eyes open for a 10 awg. What do ya think?
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This sure is a great place to get answers. Thanks for everyones help. :)
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Postby JIML1943 » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:44 pm

Joamon

If your unit is 15 amp as mine 12 gage wire is fine that is what i used on mine for 110 volt wiring. i did use 8 gage on 12 volt from converter to batteries,converter is in galley and batteries are on tongue.


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Postby Jim Marshall » Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:58 pm

Great gobs of goose grease, there is no way I am going to understand this. :cry: If I am on the wrong thread or I should start one please let me know and I will. I don't want to hijack someone's thread.

I am using shore power into our tear. I don't want to use a battery at all. I thought I could get a converter to run my inside 12 V lights, hatch light and vent fan from 110 AC. I will be using straight 110 for our micro wave, coffee pot and hot plate. Now if I can find a vent fan for the Fantastic vent (I think that is what it is called) that is 110 I can forget about a converter all together. Does anyone know of a camper vent with a fan that runs off 110 AC?

One more question, I noticed on Madjack's WWW that he had one of the shore power plugs for the power to come into the tear, does anyone have a link for this plug? If I am out of line here please let me know, I don't want to have anyone upset with me. :)
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Postby Kevin A » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:22 pm

Jim Marshall wrote:Great gobs of goose grease, there is no way I am going to understand this. :cry: If I am on the wrong thread or I should start one please let me know and I will. I don't want to hijack someone's thread.

I am using shore power into our tear. I don't want to use a battery at all. I thought I could get a converter to run my inside 12 V lights, hatch light and vent fan from 110 AC. I will be using straight 110 for our micro wave, coffee pot and hot plate. Now if I can find a vent fan for the Fantastic vent (I think that is what it is called) that is 110 I can forget about a converter all together. Does anyone know of a camper vent with a fan that runs off 110 AC?

One more question, I noticed on Madjack's WWW that he had one of the shore power plugs for the power to come into the tear, does anyone have a link for this plug? If I am out of line here please let me know, I don't want to have anyone upset with me. :)

Jim, I think your post is ok here. 8)
Have you considered using a computer power supply hooked up to a couple 12volt case fans mounted in your roof vent? I don't see why you couldn't also connect a couple small 12 volt lights to it as well as long as you don't exceed the output of the P/S. I would think a 350 or 400watt P/S should work with no problem.
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Postby Jim Marshall » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:29 pm

Thanks Kevin, I appreciate the suggestion, I will do a research on that and see how that will work. Thanks for the link, that is exactly what I am looking for.
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Postby mikeschn » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:10 am

Jim,

I bought this 18 amp power supply on ebay. I figured I'd be on shoreline all the time, and just need it to power my lights, vent and furnace. I may package a battery on the tongue later though, just in case.

I have heard that you can't really use the power supply from a computer, but I'm not an electrician, so I can't tell you why.

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Postby Jim Marshall » Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:14 am

Mike, is this unit expensive? A friend of mine told me that Harbor Freight has the converters. Do I need a converter or inverter to change AC into DC? I have wired a lot of houses but I have never had anything to do with DC current. The only thing I will need DC current for is the vent fan. I had planned to use DC with our cabin and hatch lights but can easily use a small AC light for these.
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Postby madjack » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:28 pm

Jim, the price on the plug that Kevin linked to is about as good as I have seen...I got ours at wytekwire.com...it may have been a dollar cheaper...I recommend to folks to get Waytek catalog...it is chock full of electrical goodies...hopefully someone who knows what they are talking about will chime in but I think a PC PS needs a load across it to work...in other words, a reisitor must be put across the PS to make it work...but I really dunno the particulars
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