Post by navylcdr on May 20, 2021 21:40:01 GMT -5
First inverter is just for the TV and a Raspberry PI to play movies in the entertainment center. For that one, I just ran 12 gauge wire up through the hole where the HDMI cable comes through into the upper cabinet, removed the radio, and tied it into the existing power supply wire to the radio. I think 12 gauge is enough there because the installed wire just runs a few feet straight down to the converter, so maybe 8 feet total of wire. I know it works, already tested.
The second inverter in the bedroom needed to be a bit higher wattage. On the front passenger side of the trailer is a jack to plug solar panels into. Inside the pass through storage compartment those wires come through a hole in the outside wall and then back into a hole in the front of the pass through compartment. I pulled the wires out of the hole in the front of the storage compartment and they were spliced to either 10 or 8 gauge wires going straight to a circuit breaker right off the battery, probably 30 amp, haven't looked that close. So, I drilled a tiny test hole in the corner in the ceiling of the storage where the wires already were and I hit the aluminum frame. Moved in about 1/2 inch from the corner and popped up in the floor of the cubby area behind the closet in the bedroom. Drop a short 10 gauge wire down to splice into the solar panel wire and have plenty of juice for the bedroom inverter.
I used Ideal In-Sure connectors to make the connections. The orange ones are 3-port for 12 gauge wires and I have blue 3-port connectors coming to replace the wire nuts I used for a temporary connection of the 10 gauge wires.
The second inverter in the bedroom needed to be a bit higher wattage. On the front passenger side of the trailer is a jack to plug solar panels into. Inside the pass through storage compartment those wires come through a hole in the outside wall and then back into a hole in the front of the pass through compartment. I pulled the wires out of the hole in the front of the storage compartment and they were spliced to either 10 or 8 gauge wires going straight to a circuit breaker right off the battery, probably 30 amp, haven't looked that close. So, I drilled a tiny test hole in the corner in the ceiling of the storage where the wires already were and I hit the aluminum frame. Moved in about 1/2 inch from the corner and popped up in the floor of the cubby area behind the closet in the bedroom. Drop a short 10 gauge wire down to splice into the solar panel wire and have plenty of juice for the bedroom inverter.
I used Ideal In-Sure connectors to make the connections. The orange ones are 3-port for 12 gauge wires and I have blue 3-port connectors coming to replace the wire nuts I used for a temporary connection of the 10 gauge wires.
