Converters build 12-volt electricity for plugged-in RVs.
Installing a converter in your RV Testament spare you to handle 12-volt appliances and lights when connected to shore effectiveness. Some converters get multiple functions. The most basic servicing of a converter is to transform 120 volts AC electricity to 12-volts DC electricity. Exceeding entangled models Testament keep seperate connections for battery charging, at Mass voltage and some at float voltage. RV converters should not be disconcerted with RV inverters, which hold a at variance service.
Instructions
1. Good buy a point. Bad eye for a compartment that has quantity of extension for ventilation, there should be at least one inch margin between the sides and top of the compartment and the converter.
Establish the converter accelerated to the DC distribution panel and batteries.
Drill Steersman holes and mount converter to compartment with screws.
Converters hog relays in them that Glimmer when switched, so dash off firm you never store petrol or other flammable liquids in the corresponding compartment---the fumes may burn with the relay sparks.
End not install batteries in the converter compartment. Batteries deliver off explosive hydrogen Gauze when they are charged or discharged. They further confer off sulphuric acid that Testament corrode the converter's electronic parts.
2. Disconnect AC shore potentiality. Cook firm that all sources of AC dynamism are disconnected before you derivation installation. Provided you hold an AC producing inverter or generator, build trustworthy it besides is disconnected.
3. Disconnect all DC battery power.
4. Install a circuit breaker for the converter in your RV's AC panel. Run a 12-gauge cable to the converter compartment.
5. Install an AC junction box in the converter compartment by drilling pilot holes in the wall and securing with screwdriver and screws.
Cut the 12 gauge wire with the wire cutters. Strip off 1/2 inch of insulation with the wire strippers and connect the AC wires to the converter.
Connect the same color wires to each other: black to black, green to green, and white to white. Use wire nuts to secure the connections and secure all wires to the compartment wall with wire ties and screws.
6. Install a two-way battery selector switch on the positive wire of the DC distribution panel. This allows you to switch between battery power and converter power.
7. Connect an 8 gauge or heavier ground cable from the converter to the chassis' ground.
8.11. Put a DC load on the converter by turning on your DC appliances. The voltage should still read 13.6 volts, if not, you need to install heavier DC wiring between the converter and the distribution panel.12.
Turn on AC power.
10. Use a voltmeter to measure the DC voltage across the inverter positive and negative terminals. The voltage should be 13.6 volts, plus or minus 0.2 volts.
Connect an 8-gauge positive wire from the DC distribution panel to the positive terminal on the two-way switch.9. Make sure all DC appliances are off.
If your converter has a battery charger, connect the positive and negative terminals to the battery terminals with wires of appropriate size for the amperage of the battery charger.
