installing inverter
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Topic: installing inverter
Posted By: BTRice
Subject: installing inverter
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2021 at 5:18pm
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Has anyone installed an inverter in their RPOD? If so, what was your experience as to how well it worked and how quickly, using the 110 outlets to power things such as blow driers and hair straighteners, di the batteries draw down? |
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2021 at 9:11pm
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Hello BTRice, First, I wish to welcome you. Second, advanced search is your friend. The default topic search will only search posts newer than six months. The advanced search gives you the option to expand that to any date. You will find this question has been addressed in the past. In a nutshell, powering blow driers and hair straighteners is probably not a good thing to do. These take lots of power and unless you have a good means of recharging your battery and a massive battery bank, you will find yourself without power pretty quickly. Consider things like blow driers and hair straighteners items that you use when you have shore power or a working generator available. It is, after all, camping. ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: BTRice
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2021 at 9:59pm
 Asked “for a friend”.
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Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2021 at 10:56pm
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Your standard battery has about 760 watt-hours at a high draw rate. That's 30 minutes of hair dryer and curling iron at 1500 watts and then your battery is dead (no lights, 'fridge, heat, ...) and its life is shortened each time you do that.
Better to buy a small, quiet generator. ------------- John '16 R-Pod 180 |
Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2021 at 10:41am
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But not too small. Most hair dryers are rated at 1500W, which means you'd need a 2000W-rated generated to run it at full temp to be safe. You might be able to run it at low temp with a 1000W generator. ------------- Alan 2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |