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Originally Posted by Harmsy
I'm new to RV'ing and we did our first overnight winter dry camping trip this last weekend and stayed at a Harvest Hosts winery that's quite close to us...we were testing our 'boondocking' skills...it was cold but we still enjoyed it...we're in Oregon...
...our Thor Citation 24SJ had zero tolerance for powering anything that had A/C needs including the coffee maker or the Induction Plate...the generator appeared to want to run at all times...in the Thor specs it say that 'Converter Amps' are 45...so x 12V is that only 540 watt capability?...shouldn't it be more than that?...or am I reading the specs wrong and there's just some kind of fault with the installed inverter?...is there a mod to get more watts available that even a dufus can install?...
Had lots of other concerns but this is the most critical...other 'debilitations' of note were the tankless hot water suddenly going off, water flow pulsing, dinette footrest collapsing,...
(...we used all of the 40 gallons of water but only 3 gallons of propane in the one night...:-)...cheers Harmsy, (Ian)
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The CONVERTER is rated at the DC current it can provide at 12 VDC when plugged into SP or running the generator to charge the battery and/or supply DC loads.
An INVERTER will supply select (residential fridge and TVs) 120 VAC loads using the stored energy in the 12 VDC house batteries.
If you don't have an INVERTER then the only way to get 120 VAC when not plugged into SP is to run the generator.
Boondocking requires judicious use of fresh water: look up "Navy shower".
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