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RV Inverter Install for Full Time RV Life | Changing Lanes!
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- Опубликовано: 12 авг 2024
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Want to run your TV, Coffee Maker, Microwave, etc using only battery power? We did! When boondocking, it was such a pain to have to fire up the generator just to make a pot of coffee or watch our night time TV. This Inverter project was in the plans from day one. Getting it done, however, took a LOT of research and planning. It's such a big project we needed to do it in non-disruptive stages so we could still live our lives in the rig. This video covers how we did just that!
UPDATE!
Since this post, we upgraded from the 2000W to the 3000W Inverter. Everything here is still accurate, but with DC wiring rated at 400A.
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I showed this video to my brother who is a Master Electrician. He sends his “kudo’s” and congratulations to you. You did an excellent job!!
Love this video!! I have an electrical engineering background so I can truly appreciate what you had to do through to make this happen!!!! Great work!
Chad...you are simply AMAZING! I’ve got no clue what your professional background is (other than the generic “Navy”) but I’m always impressed with how calm, collected and generally supportive you are in every challenge you, Tara and Daisy are faced with. You are an inspiration.
Thanks! 😊 I was an Aviation Electronics Tech (AT)... so at least I do have some professional training on the electronics stuff.. LOL
This is virtually a timeless tutorial. Enjoyed it very much and big high five to you, Chad. Your planning and preparation made it step thru so logically and safely. So well done! 👍
Kudo's to you for an amazing job. I envy people with skills like yours. I'm 64 and don't know half of what you know about electrical. Now you can watch Lucy. Take care and be safe.
I only have a million questions, i saw the begining of this video when it first came out but I didnt understand much of it BUT I just bought a 3500w puresinewave and 470ah batts with solar panels and it makes sense now, your a genius !
I've watched so many videos on this topic, and this is the first one that actually covered everything in an comprehensive way about how each component works together. Thanks.
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Wow. What a lot of work but well worth it I'm sure. You obviously know what you're doing Chad. Good job
I am in the process of doing the same thing on my Travel Trailer but on a smaller scale. I have BB Batteries and all Victron components. Both are top quality. Your install looks fantastic.
Please do not feel skeptical on being technical. I feel like you guys are the only channel that go this in depth with installs. Love that vids! Please don’t quit RUclips!
Thanks for the encouragement, Douglas! And thanks for watching!
I love the way you planned this all out and executed it. Great explanation of everything too. Great job on the video. I enjoyed it... but I'm a geek, so....
Man that is quite the process. Electrical is something most people know nothing about.
I could never recreate this for fear of messing something up BUT I understood all of what you said and I appreciate that so much!
Excellent video. Thanks for all the minute details and tips. My husband just finished installing an IC 2000 in our Raptor 5th Wheel. He appreciated how detailed you were on your video. We follow you weekly and can't wait to get on the road ourselves. Thanks for your service and thanks for great instruction!
Congrats on the inverter install! That's a hell of a task off the list! LOL Thanks for following our journey! 😊
These videos always get to me, there is a lot of good info but it always seems money is no object. Most people can’t afford to do half this stuff
Wow what a complex job that install was. At least to a lay person. Great work on explaining what it was you did even though it was all over my head I enjoyed watching it. Thanks and keep up the great work.
Awesome video, very helpful, my wife and I are getting ready to move into our cyclone full time, and I will be coming back to this later down the road to do this set up, thanks for sharing, maybe we will meet ya on the road someday.
This is my next project and you have answered several of my questions with this video. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I just wanted to thank you both for all your informative videos. I’m researching all aspects of rv’ing ( not full time ) and have been binge watching you and a few others. Many thanks, safe & fun travels to you.
Welcome to our channel! 😊 Thanks for watching! 😊
Great call going with the welding cable. We’ve done that before on DC runs. Love it! Also, glad to see you using some Klein Tools.
I did this same thing about 15 years ago. Newer inverters and Lithium batteries are game changers. Darn pricey though, and you chose the value option on the batteries. One thing I would add is a shunt to keep tabs on the battery capacity. Nicely done.
Yea.. went cheaper on the batteries knowing those could be easily upgraded in place later. We already have the Victron BMV-712 (shunted) Battery Monitor - (amzn.to/2NUyGUS) sitting in the office ready to install when I get some free time. Of course there will be a video on that as well.
An electronics genius . I wish I had this jack of all trades knowledge for the RV world .
Excellent video. I have a 397th too, and you explaining how to fish that wire is a huge time/frustration saver. Thank you.
Gotta run another wire through there soon for the battery monitor. LOL Hopefully it'll work again!
Really enjoying your videos. My wife and I are looking at the full time RV lifestyle in two years when our youngest graduates and goes on to college. Love all your how to vids, and the office was a huge WIN for us.. We will both be working from the office while we travel. Thanks again and keep them coming.
Thanks for watching!
Great job and super video! I have watched a few of these install videos and this was was one of the best. Most of them add solar at the same time which just makes it more complex. We have a fiver and the lithium is too rich for us as well. Thanks again !!
This is why I hire someone. Extremely impressed.
Awesome and a different approach then most I've seen. I like the way you broke it up into individual projects and did all the non-disruptive ones first. I have a 600A inverter just to run one or two outlets for TV, etc and it has been sitting in my garage for 2 years! LOL This may be the incentive I need.
Thanks, Eric! Had I not broken it into manageable project chunks, it would still be in the box. LOL
Nice work and great video. And best of all, no leftover screws!
I have been watching you guys for some time . Thanks for the inverter stuff. I have shore power and converter, but need to have it switch on its own . And I'm going to check out your batteries as well.
Another job accomplished. Fantastic work.
Well executed project.
Wow! Lots of info! This is great! I really love your channel. My wife and I look forward to RVing full time at some point in the distant future. For now we enjoy lots of weekend camping in our 28’ travel trailer... when we go full time, we plan to upgrade the truck and get a 5th wheel toy hauler. It’ll be nice to have my HD Street Glide along with us!
As with all your videos, thank you! Incredibly helpful and enjoyable. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent video!! Much appreciated. You guys make a great couple!
I'm impressed!! That is so cool! Thanks for the video.
The tip to use cable slack to guide the control cable saved me a ton of time.
Great info - this answered a couple questions I was having an issue with
Bob is great...I have spoken to him many times with my own GP IC-2000....very helpful.
Bob is the MAN! Thanks for watching! Hope you check out the rest of our channel! 😊
This is perfect for me…. I’m right in the middle of this same project. I’m going with Lithium but you’ve answered a couple questions I had, plus the location of your inverter is a game changer for me…. I was wondering where I’d locate mine and I think I may be able to do the same. Thank you so much for all the work that went into this production. High regards!
You may have already addressed this. Go power recommends having the IC2000/3000 turned on before plugging it into shore power. They also have a built in transfer switch which will auto switch over when plugged in. The other thing I like is the power sharing, though it is only on leg 1. When plugged into a less than 50 amp source, you can dial down the input amps, so it will not over draw the source, and if it needs more, it can then borrow from the batteries. Thanks for the video, even if it was a year ago.
Awesome install!!! Great video step by step a kid could follow! Thanks so much for all y’alls videos and the real deal!!!
Hey Chad, Thanks for all your content. Good to see you putting that awesome electronics training to good use. Former AT here.
Another fantastic video guys! Thanks for all the great content! Enjoy!
Great job! I have been waiting for this one. Thank you for sharing.
Great Video Chad! Thank you for getting to the point with all steps! I have done the same with Progressive EMS first before the surge guard ATS. I am concerned with a time space continuum.
You two are so precious. Love the information you put out…but especially the humor attached to it😂
Oh this is great... adding to my list for before leaving home base.
Good vid, and nicely explained. Calm, cool, and in fairly nontechnical. Watched it as I am comparing it to my solar setup for my barn. Nice job.
The fact you were able to explain exactly what you did with no notes is impressive. Wow. It's equally impressive how your wife was able to create this video piece by piece since it was all jibberish to her. Oh, love your cable management. That's the sign of a respectable IT guy. I'm also in IT so I appreciate that stuff. Well done video!
Thanks for watching! 😊
Boy I’m with you.. feeding the wire through the rig is the big challenge!
Thank you for the informative video. The amp draw for the coffee pot has to be worth it.
You guys are awesome. The look on her face when your speaking about the legs and the 120v etc… lol
For your followers, or anyone who actually heard what I heard (?), please let me be picky and correct one thing you said. Its the teacher mentality in me. You said that you cannot have 2 charging sources. Actually you can. But, you were talking about your original converter and the logic of leaving it in place but turned off. Which you did. The issue is not having 2 sources, rather two specific sources. The converter which shouldn't charge the batteries while running off AC provided by the new inverter which is getting its power from the same DC source. If that could be done, we would have perpetual "motion". However, two or more charging sources, such as converter OR inverter / charger and solar charge / controllers is perfectly okay... if consideration of settings is ah... ah... considered. Great entertainment for me stuck inside on a very hot Sunday after. Very nice work, Sir
Very well done. Great explanations and reasoning. Clean work!
Feel free to post any questions below. Also be sure to check out our website (changinglanesrv.com) for the detailed blog post.
Changing Lanes ok so say you have the battery’s and the inverter under the rv inside a storage area in a sealed vented area and then ran your shore power inside over to the area you have the battery’s so nothing is seen behind closed doors? I’m saying this cause I am thinking of doing it this cheaper way and less of wiring and less permanent . Would this work and is a 4 6volt battery system with 3000 watt inverter enough for a tv and coffee pot ? Thanks
Great video. I'm definitely interested in the video of the EMS install because I have had that on my list of things to do for sometime now. WIll it be a detailed video or an overview similar to this?
It will be similar to this, but i will be able to go into a little more detail. But, honestly the EMS is super simple. 4 wires in and 4 wires out (ShorePower >> EMS >> ATS). Took about 2 hours. Most difficult part was the control cable routing.
have viewed this several times ...extremely well done...two questions....where do the solar panel leads connect to all this...and have you two ever considered using a firestick....
Thoroughly enjoyed your excellent presentation! Thank you!
Nice job and well planned out; love the idea of doing as much as possible without "killing" all coach power, then, it's minimal down-time (power-wise). Good work. Be Safe!
Thanks! If I had to do this all in one shot, the inverter might still be in a box. LOL Thanks for watching!
Well put together. Love how you broke it down. I fit into the category of a little info is dangerous with electrical stuff. There always seems to be something else to know about that could cause harm or disaster with electrical. Just when I think I know enough to get started, someone starts talking about phase or sine wave... lol Keep the vids coming
Bro you are a real professional and one of the smartest people i have ever seen on RUclips lol. Excellent work.
Thanks! 😊 . Don't give me a big head or I won't fit in the basement to do more work! 😎
Thumbs up....Good job Chad and video with helpful installation.
First off I love all your video's They a Great, you give me a lot of ideas. As I watched you install your inverter system it brought back a lot of memoirs. I installed a Inverter in my 5th wheel in 2015 and installed everything you did but my inverter is a Xantrex Freedom SW Series 3012 | 3000 Watt Inverter/Charger and I installed a Zamp 450 watt solar system. Everything has been working great. I love my solar system. We boondock a lot. What's great about the solar is it charges as I drive down the freeways so when we get were we are going to camp my batt are all charged up. The only time I have to use my genset is when it is cloudy or I run the A/C.
We hope to do solar this year.. 👍🏼
Awesome video! Great job!!!
Great video! Thanks for the detailed explanation!
Very nice job explaining. I am in the process of doing the same job as we speak. So good I subscribed.
Came back to watch this again Chad. Nice work! I am currently looking at the victron multiplusII. I like your thinking on the pass thru. We probably won't go big solar but we have an on board generator with autostart on our DRV. We only have to battle born lithium but may add at least 2 more.
Thank you so much for your videos! You guys absolutely rock!
Gator
Awsome job on that battery box
Outstanding install video! I didn't have a single question left unanswered. When I get my rig, I hope to do similar, using AGM batteries
Excellent! We hop to upgrade to Lithium some time this year... Thanks for watching, Clarence! Hope you check out the rest of our channel! 😊
Thank you for making the videos. I just discovered your channel searching for advice on how to do exactly what you have done here. I never thought of leaving the converter in my RV but I like that idea. We are taking a trip to Las Vegas and Pomona CA next month and will definitely be doing this upgrade before we go as we have the same frustration with making coffee in the morning and watching a movie at night when parked close to others at the racetrack or campground.
Thanks for watching! 😊 The 50A passthru is the only way to go! Good luck! 👍🏼
Superb job with this video.
By the way, lots of earlier generation residential solar panels are around second-hand, you just need the roof space for larger panels and some heavy-duty mounts (Amazon). I picked up 4 280-watt Canada Power panels for $50 each on Facebook locally, used 3 for an off-grid battery/inverter project for my backyard shed/workshop and will use the fourth on the next (larger) fifth-wheel RV. The shed project enabled me to install a 30 amp plug, where I connect the RV while it is stored next to it to power up lighting and charge batteries while learning a lot about off-grid power for the future RV project. Great job by the way, great episode.
Great advice! Thanks!
Major MAJOR thumbs up!
Been watching alot of your content for a while now. Just earned a new subscriber from us. Keep up the great helpful work...thanks!
Welcome to our channel, Michel! Thanks for following our adventures! 😊
Great video. It amazes me that my 2008 Fleetwood gearbox came standard with a Magnum energy inverter but it wasn't even a option on my new Keystone Fuzion.
It is strange they aren't an option for GDRV either. Certainly easier to do the wiring when it's being built... They should have a "boondockers" package with upgraded batteries and inverter with optional solar.
Very nice clean and well thought out install. You will find that running off those batteries will drain them pretty quick. Solar will help keep the batteries much happier. Solar has come way down in price so I don't think it will be as bad as you think especially if you're doing the install. Excellent video...thumbs up.
Yes! Solar and Lithium are in the future for sure! Love doing these projects myself too. What's that saying" The only way to know it's done right is.... 😊 Thanks for watching!
Actually pretty motivating video you've made. After watching I started designing a system for my 2002 Jamboree. Much thanks to both of ya for posting.
Thanks for watching! Hope you check out the rest of our channel! 😊
@@ChangingLanes definitely will be watching
Good job brother, I am hoping to get something like this done on my trailer soon. I have just been nervous and wanted to get as much information as possible before taking the project on. I work remote and this will allow my family and I to travel for longer. I currently just have one fold-able solar panel that keeps our batteries topped in addition to some battery generators for everything else. We don't like to asphalt camp.
Great video. Great clip of Doc Brown haha! I applaud your crimping comment. Those hydraulic crimper are expensive, but so worth it. Hope you are doing well during this strange time. Stay well and hope to see you guys on the road one day.
Nice video and a lot of good information. know I just need to get organized and do the same thing thanks
Great video guys.
Awesome job!!!
Yet another Home run!
Nice job. I learned a lot. Thanks.
Awesome job Chad
Fantastic Video!!
Great work!
Nice job.
Awesome video guys!! The planning, execution and recording of this was great to watch. Thanks
Thanks, Rob! Hope you check out the rest of our channel! 😊
@@ChangingLanes We are :-) slowly working our way through all of them!
Great Video!!!! Looking forward to when I will be doing this in the future.
Thanks Jon! We appreciate you watching!😎
Appreciate this video; did the same thing on my Voltage but recently sold it and purchased a Momentum and need to do it all again. This time, I'm also adding more solar, all Victron components (Inverter, Solar, BMS), and Battle Born Lithium batteries. One of the things I had not yet purchased was the EMS (been using the portable one) but have added it to the list. It's always good to see these type of installs on similar rigs and I like the way you used the 50A pass through to simplify the fuse box wiring.
That 50A passthru is awesome! Can't go wrong with Victron. We recently had a relay go bad in our 2K GoPower and they swapped it with the 3K no charge. We've also upgrades to 300Ah of battleborn and added the BMV-712 battery monitor. Solar maybe sometime before next summer.
I just checked the MultiPlus 3K hoping it could do the same but it doesn't appear to have that option; the second leg is only hot if the AC is connected. I'll have to pick and choose which items I want available from the inverter. Regarding solar, Arizona Wind and Sun is a good resource; just tell them what you are looking for and they will design a package for you that includes everything.
That's a real downside to that inverter, having to chose what to power and move things around. There are a couple of Magna inverters also that do 50A passthru.
Tesla was right! (and they are a great band too!) - Edison's medicine ;) Great info! Looking forward to doing some power mods to our GD Imagine.
Great job!
Enjoyed your video. I just purchased a 38' 5'r and am moving out of the Class A. I had installed 1500W of solar on the Class A and will probably do the same on this one once we get everything else in place. Have a Magnum 3012 Hybrid and am planning on using it in the 5th wheel. As I already have the Magnum I am going to make a transfer box that will enable me to use half the panel for the Inverted loads while on batteries or the generator and the inverter will only function as a charger when hooked to utility power. I can rearrange loads in the panel to accomplish breakout this way without having to use separate breakout panel. I realize this will be a little out of balance leg to leg but the 2 AC units are the major items and they will run on one leg with no problem. This way I can do all wiring right at the 50A incoming line without needing to get to the distribution panel.
One thing I noted when following your video is the 17 Gallon Battery box you indicated will not fit the T105 Trojans. The next box up at home depot is the 27 Gal and it seems to be right. You might measure yours as I think it is the 27 gallon Tote unless HD used to have a 22.
Regardless really enjoy your videos. Keep em coming!
I think you're right.. must be the larger box. We've since upgraded to battleborn lithium and no longer need a box so we sold the box along with the batteries. Thanks for watching!
I geeked out on this latest video... I like the pass through 50 amp. We currently are in a 30 amp camper and I have all the equipment (Magnum Hybrid 3012) to install. Now we are looking at upgrading to different RV and its going to be 50 amp, and I am not crazy about doing a break out panel for the 30 Magnum. May sell equipment now and look at a 50 as well.
Full 50A Passthru is a HUGE benefit for installation and use simplicity. Thanks for watching!
Excellent video! Can't wait for the EMS install, that is my next project.
The EMS was a cake walk compared to this for sure. 4 wires in 4 wires out and done. Might need a few feet of 6/3 romex. EMS should go between shore power and the ATS if you have one so it's usually pretty easy to route the wires with an ATS in the mix. The most difficult part was running the control cable (ran with the inverter control cable in this video). We will be doing a power management video in the near future and will cover the EMS install as part of that. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Hi TCB031. They're using the 50A Progressive Industries EMS-HW50C, which is an excellent product. If you have not done so already, you may want to have a look at the Hughes Autoformer RV220-50SP. It has advanced surge protection in addition to boosting voltage by up to 10%, protecting high current devices such as air conditioners. RVgeeks video E2NdhNa-ZTQ explains the benefits of this product well.
The Hughes is arguably a superior product.. with a matching price tag. 🙂 Our sensitive electronics (computer, NAS, etc) are on a UPS in the office, so the hughes might be overkill for our needs. But it's definitely a great option and has a lot more capability.
DUDE!!! Friggen awesome! I'm gonna need to do this!! Very awesome!
How long can you run on that for?
Did you set up a trickle charge and a nominal float voltage? I would probably use VRLA batteries. Thanks again.
Thanks! We don't boondock often, but it's nice for when we do. Will likely do more boondocking next year out west. Thanks for watching!
All depends on load. For what we use it for (coffee, TV, etc), it lasts all night and into the next day. But we haven't really pushed it to a full test. Will be doing that after I get our battery monitor installed and we film a power management video.
That was awesome, I know it was a year ago but well done. Thanks!
Thanks! FWIW, We've since upgraded to the 3000W inverter and three 100Ah lithium! 😊
LOL! Hurts my brain too! But I am really trying to understand as I watch this!
Thanks for that info. We are thinking about a small inverter (1-1.5watts) once we can figure out what brand/model to buy.
Nice video and work...enjoyed.
Navy lost a smart dude. Great video.
Thanks, Doug!
Go Navy!!
Another great video...!