Chuck Craven wrote:Does this help?
Why yes it does! Thank you.
Alphacarina wrote:Your schematic looks like your inverter output and input are the same - You show them in the same place anyway
They are not, just a bad rendering on my part :)
Alphacarina wrote:We've slept many nights under an electric blanket running off battery power - works fine and you get many nights before you run the battery down. They DO make DC blankets though, so you don't really need an inverter for that
Good to know. The blanket is for my wife :) I like sleeping outdoors when it is cold, as long as it is above freezing.
Chuck Craven wrote:You could take a short extinction cord and chop off the male end. Connect it to the inverter. When you want to run the TV / DVD just plug the female connector from the inverter into the male shore power connector and a way you go…. Simple! Easy! No fuss!
It is funny you say that. I wired everything last night just to make sure it all worked, and it did. However, the inverter has to be switched on and off. So I have decided that when I have shore power I will run a double female extension cord into the trailer. One head goes to the battery charger. The other will plug into a circuit just like the one you drew above. When there is no shore power, the output of the inverter will be plugged into the same circuit.
So I will bypass the inverter all together when I have shore power. It took me buying and hooking up the inverter for me to realize how it actually worked. I assumed that it would switch itself on and off when it was needed. I was wrong. I was also wrong about it being silent. It actually makes a small, slightly annoying, humming noise. Which means that I do not want to run it unless I have to.
Miriam C. wrote:Just curious, why ignore the ground?
Ignore was too harsh of a word. What I meant is what Chuck drew. The ground is not actually attached to the trailer like a true ground.
Just because I have found what I am looking for, I will mention it...the "TV" that I plan on using is actually a 12v car LCD screen. It will be wired through the 12v circuit. The real reason I need the AC circuit is because of my chosen media player. I have one of these in my house that pulls all of my digital movies and music off of a big server in a closet. When we go out I will just copy some of the movies onto a portable hard drive and plug them into this. No disc, no fuss, and several hours of entertainment on something a little larger than a bar of soap.
I would rather not have a TV/media player/whatever but I know on the chance of rain or bad weather the kids are going to want more than a deck of cards and gold ol mom and dad.
Plus this thing will also play music so I plan on using computer speakers with long cords that I can pull out and sit in the doors if there is a need for music.
Did I mention that I am a computer geek of the highest degree? Yeah, I kind of like neat little gizmos and electronics. You can also bet that I will probably have my laptop with me on a long trip. Just "encase" I need it :)
Anyway, I think I have it figured out now. Thanks for the help, you guys are great.
