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House battery/Inverter/solar

March 27, 2017, 10:04:46 pm

I have installed a systerm isolated from the factory one in an econoline class B. The inverter has a ground lug on it's cabinet. Do I want it tied to the isolated house system or to chassis ground?

Jim

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Re: House battery/Inverter/solar

Reply #1 – March 27, 2017, 10:31:12 pm

I don't know about a converted econoline class B, but on our coaches, the chassis and house batteries share the DC ground. Even if they didn't (say every house ground was home runned to to a ground bus bar on the load side of a battery monitor shunt), the grounds would have to be tied together to have a functioning boost capability.
Don

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Re: House battery/Inverter/solar

Reply #2 – March 28, 2017, 04:05:57 pm

Another question: Shouldn't I be able to boondock, and when the factory house battery runs down, plug the shorepower cord into my inverter and have power in the camper until the isolated batteries are down??

Jim

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