JimInMich
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I'm not up for trying to hard wire the inverter into my TT, in order to run a box fan or other small light/appliance. What about making a double male ended cable, and backfeeding into the nearest 120 outlet?
I am not planning on using the Microwave or any other heavy electric item.
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solismaris
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That's pretty dangerous.
Why not just plug in your RV shore power cord into the inverter? Much safer.
Set your fridge to gas only, and turn off (or remove fuse) your converter when running off the inverter.
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dons2346
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Any type of cord that has a male plug on both ends is plain stupid. It is an excellent way to get yourself killed.
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shooted
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Please do not do this. The easiest, fastest, and SAFEST way is to plug your shore into your inverter and shut off the circuit breakers that are not pratical to run on your inverter.
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RoyB
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I installed my Inverter as close to the battery as i could get it and still stay inside my trailer. Then I just plugged an extension cord into the Inverter 120VAC and routed that to the home entertainment center and another extension cord to the bed room location.
I was able to run along the floor and behind cabinets etc and anything that was out in the open I ran through the WIRMOLD Plastic snap cable management items (Lowes). Nothing is in sight except where the multi-drop part of the extension cord is mounted to the back of a cabinet where I can plug things into it.
It wasnt a very big untaking for me to hide all my cables from view. If you are in a fifth wheel the ceiling air conditioner foam ducts is an excellent place to hide cables from end of the trailer to the other. Then come on the ends into a ceiling mouneted cabinet and go from there.
Check out the wiremold stuff at LOWES. They have stick on the back and when I run them along the floor and wall and get them in place where they need to be than I will run a small wood screw thru the WIREMOLD to the wall. One on each end and one in the middle. When you have the cable inside of it and snapped togther it is out of sight. If you like you can paint the WIREMOLD to match your wall decor. Type in "WIREMOLD" on google and look at what they have to offer. I used a kit part number model C210 that had everything you need to cover 8-feet of wall space.
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MrWizard
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don't back feed!! Not Safe
even back feeding requires that turn off other circuit breakers to the converter , wh, MW etc.. even have to turn of the main breaker otherwise the male end of your shore cord would be hot
just plug the shore power into the inverter and turn off the converter
switch fridge to LP ONLY
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2oldman
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Does backfeeding even work? Wouldn't you also have a hot 30a plug (shore cord)?
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smkettner
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How about just using a regular extension cord.
Besides where are you getting 12v power? You will be lucky to get 100w from the cigar connector.
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Searching_Ut
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2oldman wrote:Does backfeeding even work? Wouldn't you also have a hot 30a plug (shore cord)?
It will work, but as you have pointed out, the shore cord plug would be hot, and should someone touch the prongs, or short it out it's going to get a little interesting. Should the plug get inserted into the shore power outlet, even if the inverter isn't running, but still hooked up, I wouldn't want to be in the area. If you're lucky, it will just be a little expensive, if luck isn't on your side, someone could easily get hurt.
As to how the feedback loop would work, I'm not sure. The AC would try to power the voltage converter, which would also try to supply the DC to power the inverter. Without being sure of how the outputs are regulated, it's hard to say where you'd end up.
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ScottG
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2oldman wrote:Does backfeeding even work? Wouldn't you also have a hot 30a plug (shore cord)?
During a power outage a few years back, a friend called me with a problem. He had built a dead-man cord (I didn't know about it) and was trying to power his house from a 7KW genny. He said every time he attached the cord to the house the gen would just labor down and nearly stall. I asked him if the street lights were coming on while he did this since he was probably powering the entire neighborhood.
I delicately explained what a bone head move he'd made.
So I think it wont work if the load is huge.
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