Magnum Inverter Question?

[sledhead]

for all the 12v house stuff a small 24-13.4 v converter worked good 4 me
and this was with a 12 v slide room motor but I did have to put in a small 12 v lith battery in series ( screw gun battery )  worked great for the start up surge

as 4 charge cables use  4/0 big $$$ but works great

[thomasinnv]

Before I changed to 24v house system I just used a small 24v maintenance charger on the chassis batteries. Now I have a 24v hybrid inverter/charger and a 50amp vanner for the small 12v loads such as lights and water pump etc. A 24 to 12v step down converter could be used for the 12v loads but I have 12v lithium batteries in series for 24v so the vanner is a must if I don't want to have to reballance the batteries every few months. Lithium batteries do NOT stay balanced like lead acid or agm, this I found out the hard way.

[Tedsoldbus]

Hey Jim,
The PO on my bus did a neat thing that is simple. ( I need simple) I think he ran the wire but maybe Foretravel because it doesn't look like an add on. There is a 110 electrical box on the firewall in the engine compartment. The PO for sure put in the block heater and a pretty fancy battery charger and routed the plug in cords for those near the electrical box. Open the side cargo door and easy to reach. That charger, when I am plugged in or running my generator, charges the run batteries and tells me the health of them.
My house batts are up front near the inverter and work the way others do.

[dtcerrato]

Our Magnum is an Inverter/Charger and wired with what the mfger recommended - 4/0. The charger is robust at 125A & can be dialed down to any percentage of charge the owner wants for limited 110VAC amperes circuit. Both house & start banks are 12VDC & can be combined or either or for inverter input. It works great for us.

[chessie4905]

I added a Pyle 720 24 to 12 volt reducer for items at dash. Cruise control, CB, pulse wipers, gps, etc. Fridge, tv's, etc. are on house bank/inverter/Vanner.