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Old 04-20-2019, 12:12 PM   #121
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Thats good to know.... .I think with my AGM 6v setup I could easliy go a couple hours more (I hope). But I have yet to really test my compacity that way (Perhaps I will have a chance this year).

4 Years on the OEM battery... that is most excellent!

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Old 04-21-2019, 01:06 AM   #122
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Not too hard. The one breaker in your fuse box on our Axis/Vegas RV's is marked recepicals (but the None GFI - you have two breakers) controls all of the outlets you want (Frig, Two inside TV's, the outlets next to the TV's for DVR players, and one dinning room (booth in mine) outlet.

Look out a you tube call "Finding our Happy" formerly know as "Two Trail Hikers". He has 3 videos on this subject.



Let us know if you need anymore help with this. You might want to start your own thread.

Also do a search on this... Lots of treads on this subject including mine.
Thank you Long & Winding road, great information and very Doable
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Old 04-21-2019, 02:44 PM   #123
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Yeah its not a hard install. Just take your time. Lots of writeups on this exact install. I suggest using a circuit break instead of of fuse for the inverter. That way you can turn the inverter off and on for whatever reason down the road.

I had to add a juction box since mine has a slide in the dining room. Thor had two wires (rigid white Romex and flexable black power cord) on the same circuit. The slide needs a flexable power wire so it dont break down with use over time.
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Old 04-22-2019, 02:30 AM   #124
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Yeah its not a hard install. Just take your time. Lots of writeups on this exact install. I suggest using a circuit break instead of of fuse for the inverter. That way you can turn the inverter off and on for whatever reason down the road.

I had to add a juction box since mine has a slide in the dining room. Thor had two wires (rigid white Romex and flexable black power cord) on the same circuit. The slide needs a flexable power wire so it dont break down with use over time.
Long & Winding road I do appreciate all the pics, information, vote of confidence and time you have taken to explain this set up. I will be going forward with this mod in the very near future. Happy Easter!
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Old 09-08-2019, 03:35 AM   #125
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I am thinking of installing a small inverter (1000-1200 watt) to be able to run a tv and charge laptops without starting the generator (and during "quiet" times)

I was going to use one with a transfer switch built in, to jumper between the breaker box and the actual runs on the "receptacle" breaker (trying to isolate the gas refrig and keep it off the inverter)

Has anyone placed an inverter using the existing house batteries?

Or, should I wait until I figure out how to beef up the battery bank?

Just trying to be as "self-sufficient" as I can be (and still have some creature comforts, like tv)
I run my frig plus a low power outlet for computers and such with an auto- cutover inverter: 1200 watts.

When my hard AC (gen/shore) drops off, my inverter auto-powers my frig, keeping it cool as we motor down the road with the chassis generator keeping the battery’s topped off.

We do not use gas, especially while moving; risk of fire in the frig compartment is zero with electric vs gas.

We also use the ARP frig monitor system to control the frig, safety and efficiency are enhanced.

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