Tony, Will try to get a schmatic out this weekend. Here is what you are going to need. And of course I have to say anyone is on their own and I take no responsibility, but this is the way I did mine. You may want to have a professional check it out after you have completed your work.
1. Isolator switch (two types electronic or the old type) electronic is very expensive, old type (which I use) you can pick up from RV dealer for about $20.00 This isolator keeps power going to your reserve batteries and prevents the drain of your starting battery.
2. Buy an inverter, a 1750 is mid range for watts, I have a 1000 watt. You have to consider what you are going to run. I run a 600 watt microwave and it does fine. Sometimes Pilot has a sale on a kit, inverter and microwave.
3. Reserve batteries, I use two 6 volt golf cart batteries and had a welder build a retainer that I drew out for the reserve batteries.
4. Heavy guage wire, the guage will depend on two things. How far the isolator is from the reserve battery, and the distance from the reserve battery to the inverter. I have seen wire at the Flying J, it is normally blue. I think it is around 4 guage.
5. Roll of 14 guage wire (or thereabouts) this is for connect of you isolator to (always hot on fuse block) and to ground. Here again depending on the run.
I will draw the schematic for the van lay out and you can just apply it to whatever you are going to mount it in.
Might as well post this on EO also in case others are interested.
Will sure save you a lot in food cost. I'll pass my suggestions on that later on.
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y here it is:
1. Isolator switch (two types electronic or the old type) electronic is very expensive, old type (which I use) you can pick up from RV dealer for about $20.00 This isolator keeps power going to your reserve batteries and prevents the drain of your starting battery.
2. Buy an inverter, a 1750 is mid range for watts, I have a 1000 watt. You have to consider what you are going to run. I run a 600 watt microwave and it does fine. Sometimes Pilot has a sale on a kit, inverter and microwave.
3. Reserve batteries, I use two 6 volt golf cart batteries and had a welder build a retainer that I drew out for the reserve batteries.
4. Heavy guage wire, the guage will depend on two things. How far the isolator is from the reserve battery, and the distance from the reserve battery to the inverter. I have seen wire at the Flying J, it is normally blue. I think it is around 4 guage.
5. Roll of 14 guage wire (or thereabouts) this is for connect of you isolator to (always hot on fuse block) and to ground. Here again depending on the run.
I will draw the schematic for the van lay out and you can just apply it to whatever you are going to mount it in.
Might as well post this on EO also in case others are interested.
Will sure save you a lot in food cost. I'll pass my suggestions on that later on.
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y here it is: