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I got all of my DC wiring finished and tested and it seems that everything is working good. Now I need to figure out how to do the AC side.
My plan is to have an inverter/charger, only two AC circuits (one for two 120v plugs and one for the air conditioner), and the ability to plug into shore power.
1. Do my two AC circuits need to be wired into some kind of a breaker box or can they just be plugged directly into the inverter?
2. If the inverter has a charger capability do I just need to wire the shore power line to the inverter and it will handle the rest? Will I need a fuse (or breaker) in this line between the shore plug and the inverter?
3. If I'm on shore power (probably won't be very often) should I have some ability to switch to shore power only for running the AC circuits or should I have it always feed into the inverter?
For the air conditioner I was looking at the Coleman Mach 8 with a soft start installed to keep the initial starting amp spike lower so that I had the ability to power it for very brief periods of time from the battery bank and inverter. Of course this would require a larger inverter than if I powered the air conditioner from only shore power, because the other AC circuit will probably only power something small like a game console for my son. Has anyone here done this? Is it too optomistic? How do you have your 120v AC side set up?
My plan is to have an inverter/charger, only two AC circuits (one for two 120v plugs and one for the air conditioner), and the ability to plug into shore power.
1. Do my two AC circuits need to be wired into some kind of a breaker box or can they just be plugged directly into the inverter?
2. If the inverter has a charger capability do I just need to wire the shore power line to the inverter and it will handle the rest? Will I need a fuse (or breaker) in this line between the shore plug and the inverter?
3. If I'm on shore power (probably won't be very often) should I have some ability to switch to shore power only for running the AC circuits or should I have it always feed into the inverter?
For the air conditioner I was looking at the Coleman Mach 8 with a soft start installed to keep the initial starting amp spike lower so that I had the ability to power it for very brief periods of time from the battery bank and inverter. Of course this would require a larger inverter than if I powered the air conditioner from only shore power, because the other AC circuit will probably only power something small like a game console for my son. Has anyone here done this? Is it too optomistic? How do you have your 120v AC side set up?