I predict this will cause a rip in the space-time continuum sending you and
your bus back to a pre-war Germany, to the home of Dr. Porsche. There the
young Ferdinand will be so traumatized by the boxy contraption with the
Volkswagen name he will join a monastery. Thanks Edward.
Ken Lewis
http://neksiwel.20m.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:34 PM
Subject: [VANAGON] battery-inverter-charger-battery loop

> I'm working on a setup that would use one switch to switch all my AC
> outlets from Shore power to inverter power, and power on the inverter.  I
> see the potential for this error to occur: I'm plugged in to shore power
> and running my battery charger into my aux battery.  I flip the switch to
> the inverter power and forget to turn off the charger.  So now I've got a
> loop with the inverter drawing power from the battery, changing it to 120v
> AC, the charger is taking that and turning it back into 12v DC and putting
> it into the same battery.  I know this is stupid and a waste of power, but
> is it dangerous?  It seems like I've read warnings about this type of
> situation or something similar creating some sort of feedback loop or
> something.  The other option is to leave one outlet only and always
> connected to the shore power, but that is more complicated...
>
> Edward
>
>