Ah ok. Thanks.

I assumed there wouldn't be enough (watts?) of AC from an inverter to
run the refer. I guess one obvious advantage is control of the refer
thermostat when running on AC. Plus you obviously make use of the
exsisting AC outlets when running from solar.

Or when driving.

You know; when you want to grind coffee beans and drive at the same time!

;^)

I too am in the Mr. Squirrel camp of thought, though as you say, the 2
way switch you installed would prevent flow of AC from both sources to
Westy "grid"at the same time.

Neil.

On 6/19/07, David Etter <detter@mail.auracom.com> wrote:
> Hi Neil:
>         The Inverter (grounded to the chassis) is permanently mounted
> behind the drivers seat on the cabinet wall. The DC power comes in
> from the spare (house) battery and the out going AC power (3 wire) is
> piped through a 2-way light switch mounted inside the lower cabinet
> beside the water tank. This switch accepts either AC from the
> campground or AC from the inverter, but not both at the same time (to
> avoid blowing the Inverter again). From here it is then run through a
> GFI circuit and into the existing circuit breaker and hence to the
> Westy distribution system. I think I had a couple of surprises
> (shocks) early on but that was through shear stupidity and prior to
> the GFI circuit. It has not given me a bit of trouble since I
> installed it and it's been 6 years now.
>         The fridge runs very well on Propane, AC or DC depending on
> the supply of each. The DC is Solar based when camping with my 120
> Watt Solar Panel.
>
>                                 David(dsl82westy)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >Ok. So you connected the inverter to the Westy's 12v system, (house or
> >starter battery) then plugged refer AC into inverter?
> >
> >Because your refer ran better on AC?
> >
> >Just curious.
> >
> >Neil.
> >
> >--
> >Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
> >
> >http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> >
>

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