The inverter already exists inside the cabin, in the cabinet under the microwave. When we have shore power, the microwave is plugged into the existing AC receptacle. When we are without shore power, we plug the microwave directly into the AC outlet of the inverter.
I recently purchased a TV for overnight slip use. Now I'm thinking what if we do want to use the TV when away from shore power. I don't want to run extension cords across the cabin.
An immediate "lazy" approach I had (I really don't want to rip apart the boat, relocate the inverter, tap/splice into existing cabling, worry about isolators, relocating batteries, etc, etc.) And to address any questions that may come from this statement - the current installation of the inverter/dual batteries, etc was done professionally and properly - it has all the aforementioned proper requirements. I just don't want to redo all of it again to wire the inverter into the AC, since this will require relocating the inverter and everything else.
Instead, what if I simply take a proper shore power cable and run it from the AC out of the inverter directly into the shore power connection?
In my case, the shore power connection is inside the boat - exposure of any kind is not an issue - and I can easily feed a shore power cable from the inside of the boat to where the shore power connection exists today.
The "advantage" I get here - I hope - is for the "simplicity" of running a single cable and 5 minutes of my time, I can now have AC power throughout the boat on all recepticles (just like I'm at the dock) by simply taking advantage of the existing AC breaker panel / shore power connections that are already on the boat.
Is there something I'm not aware of that would make this a big "no- no"?
And "no", I would NOT attempt to run the fridge on AC this way at all. Only the existing "receptacles" and "microwave" breakers from the AC Main panel would be turned on.
I recently purchased a TV for overnight slip use. Now I'm thinking what if we do want to use the TV when away from shore power. I don't want to run extension cords across the cabin.
An immediate "lazy" approach I had (I really don't want to rip apart the boat, relocate the inverter, tap/splice into existing cabling, worry about isolators, relocating batteries, etc, etc.) And to address any questions that may come from this statement - the current installation of the inverter/dual batteries, etc was done professionally and properly - it has all the aforementioned proper requirements. I just don't want to redo all of it again to wire the inverter into the AC, since this will require relocating the inverter and everything else.
Instead, what if I simply take a proper shore power cable and run it from the AC out of the inverter directly into the shore power connection?
In my case, the shore power connection is inside the boat - exposure of any kind is not an issue - and I can easily feed a shore power cable from the inside of the boat to where the shore power connection exists today.
The "advantage" I get here - I hope - is for the "simplicity" of running a single cable and 5 minutes of my time, I can now have AC power throughout the boat on all recepticles (just like I'm at the dock) by simply taking advantage of the existing AC breaker panel / shore power connections that are already on the boat.
Is there something I'm not aware of that would make this a big "no- no"?
And "no", I would NOT attempt to run the fridge on AC this way at all. Only the existing "receptacles" and "microwave" breakers from the AC Main panel would be turned on.
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