inverter power pass thru

[Sean]

The problem comes in when you are on a 30 amp or less 120V power pole, and you've wired the bus for 240v with one leg going through the inverter. If you use the commercial dogbone that converts from 30 amp to 50 amp, it is wired internally to power both sides of the 240 v shore cord from the 120v power pole. If one leg of the power cord bypasses the inverter, you cannot reliably set the max input power on the inverter to prevent tripping of the power pole breaker.

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This is the reason we have some of our loads on a transfer switch.  You could alternatively use a manual switch to do the same thing.  We put those loads on the inverter when we are on 120 shore, otherwise, they are on the second leg.

-Sean
http://ourodyssey.blogspot.com

[gumpy]

OK, I follow you now.

This is the reason we have some of our loads on a transfer switch.  You could alternatively use a manual switch to do the same thing.  We put those loads on the inverter when we are on 120 shore, otherwise, they are on the second leg.

-Sean
http://ourodyssey.blogspot.com

I'm going to put in a relay panel to connect some of my loads to so I can switch them on or off manually. I can already do that by switching the breaker, but the breaker panel is in the basement, and I want to set up low voltage switching control for them so I can easily control them from various locations inside the coach.