Glad I found your video! I ordered one of these this morning, then read that you can't connect your van sockets to both shore power and the output of the inverter, for fear of blowing up the inverter (so people were having to manually switch between sources.) Thankfully this video explained about the UPS switching (not sure if that's only on later/some models, but it IS shown on the one I've ordered) so I just need to connect shore power and 12v in, then connect the van sockets to the 240v out and they will take power from the right place.
you do still need a switch. you cant have van plugged into shure power and inverter plugged into 240 vaults without being able to isloate the vans 240v switches so only that the inverter is supplying them power else you will end up with 480v going through the sockets. in our old van we had shure power - RCD - Single Socket then plug intop inverter then another plug out of inverter into a 2nd RCD that the sockets were connected to. that way when we were on 12v it would use inverter to RCD 2 and when on shure power it the switch would activate passthrough on the inverter and power the sockets. not sure how its achieved in a motorhome which is why i installed 2 sockets purely or inverter only.
I believe they are as good, if you need a charger though the other is the way to go for sure, we have tried ours out at the weekend and it works great with the Renogy lithium battery. We used 10% and byut the time we had driven home we were back at 100% again. its great!
is it safe having your battery and inverter close to a water supply just in case there is a leak?
the inverter would likely get damaged if there were a leak
Glad I found your video! I ordered one of these this morning, then read that you can't connect your van sockets to both shore power and the output of the inverter, for fear of blowing up the inverter (so people were having to manually switch between sources.)
Thankfully this video explained about the UPS switching (not sure if that's only on later/some models, but it IS shown on the one I've ordered) so I just need to connect shore power and 12v in, then connect the van sockets to the 240v out and they will take power from the right place.
you do still need a switch. you cant have van plugged into shure power and inverter plugged into 240 vaults without being able to isloate the vans 240v switches so only that the inverter is supplying them power else you will end up with 480v going through the sockets. in our old van we had shure power - RCD - Single Socket then plug intop inverter then another plug out of inverter into a 2nd RCD that the sockets were connected to. that way when we were on 12v it would use inverter to RCD 2 and when on shure power it the switch would activate passthrough on the inverter and power the sockets. not sure how its achieved in a motorhome which is why i installed 2 sockets purely or inverter only.
Looks great, we are looking to buy one. Do you know how it compares to the inverter with the charger? Have you managed to try it out off grid yet?
I believe they are as good, if you need a charger though the other is the way to go for sure, we have tried ours out at the weekend and it works great with the Renogy lithium battery. We used 10% and byut the time we had driven home we were back at 100% again. its great!
Do you find your battery cables get hot when in use?
ive not noticed them getting hot, be worth upgrading them if yours are though
What is an RCD?
residual current device consumer unit,