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Pod People 
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Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1088 |
 Topic: DC Inverter to run power outletsPosted: 05 Sep 2021 at 10:22pm |
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Our inverter installation powers only the 3 new outlets that I have added to the inverter output circuit. They are primarily used to power/recharge computers, I Pads, cameras, batteries and cell phones. In our usage, they are not meant for general use and high wattage consumption. I installed brown outlets and covers in order to differentiate these inverter outlets from the standard white outlets. Thus, the brown outlets are 'special". Inverters are not 100% effective (generally 80%+/-) and high usage may drain your battery(ies) quickly depending on the battery bank and the amount of current usage. It is more efficient to use 12volt power where possible. Vann |
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Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179 
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Tonii87
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Joined: 26 Aug 2021 Location: Yuma, Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 15 |
Posted: 05 Sep 2021 at 6:55pm |
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I hope YouTube links are allowed if not please delete.
https://youtu.be/5CV-uYGi_Qk If you see the video starting from minute 2:55 you can see the dc inverter gets connected to the outside of the trailer where the normal shore power connection would go. |
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JR
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Joined: 31 Aug 2018 Location: Manistee, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 376 |
Posted: 05 Sep 2021 at 6:33pm |
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The inverter that you are suggesting to wire into your system takes 12v electricity from the battery(s) and converts (inverts it) to 120 voltage so that will energize all your outlets in your 183G or at least it should. I don't understand what you mean when you suggest "to be connected to the RV via the shore power outlet". The shore power outlet brings in 120v into the trailer and goes to the breaker box to be distributed to your trailer's outlets and the microwave, frig, water heater and it also goes into a converter that converts the 120v to 12v to charge up the battery(s) on the trailer which would also run the interior lights.
There are many ways and locations to install a power inverter which would depend on the size of inverter you need or want, again it depends on how much 12v electricity you are planning on using or needing. You really need to determine how much 12v electricity from your battery(s) you are going to be converting and then how you are going to replenish that power in the battery(s). Hope this helps
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Jay
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Tonii87
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Joined: 26 Aug 2021 Location: Yuma, Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 15 |
Posted: 05 Sep 2021 at 4:09pm |
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Good afternoon,
I recently bought a 2016 R Pod 183G. I would like to install a DC inverter to power all the outlets when not connected to shore power. All the videos I’ve seen online requires the DC inverter to be connected to the RV via the shore power outlet but I won’t like to wire the DC inverter directly inside the rv so that when I turn on the inverter it powers the outlets without having to connect the cable to the shore power outlet. Would that be possible to do without damaging anything? Hopefully my question question makes sense. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you |
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