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11-07-2009, 12:21 PM
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Monaco Owners Club Appalachian Campers
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Full-Timer (Thousand Palms RV Resort - Inverness Fl)
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Do you keep your inverter on all the time?
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11-07-2009, 12:41 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Western Montana on the Divide
Posts: 695
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In two and a half years, my inverter has never been turned off. But I'm always connected to shore power.
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Western MT in summer, AZ, NV in winter
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11-07-2009, 03:19 PM
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Community Administrator
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Newark, DE
Posts: 13,584
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Yep. Always on.
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11-08-2009, 05:04 AM
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Community Moderator
Gulf Streamers Club Country Coach Owners Club Appalachian Campers
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Chattanooga, Tn.
Posts: 7,947
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I finally turned mine off after 7 years since we are not living in it anymore.
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Amy, RV Merchandiser; Roxie & Mei Ling, four legs each
2000 Gulf Stream Scenic Cruiser & 2 toads
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11-08-2009, 10:53 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Pahrump, NV
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The only time we turn it off is during service so that the batteries don't get run down and the genny doesn't start by itself while the techs are working on it. Other than that in over 3 1/2 years it is never turned off.
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11-08-2009, 10:55 AM
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Workhorse Chassis Owner Damon Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2009
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YES, however.... Inverter is a Xantrex Prosine 2.0.. It is a delux model and like a computer UPS it will switch to "Battery Charger" mode if shore power is A: Present and B: Proper (must be both) passing shore power on to the loads.
If shore power goes away, or if it gets "out of range" (Voltage or frequency too high or low) or if it gets "nasty" (Bad waveform) the inverter cuts in and like a UPS. powers loads from the battery.
I could wish one improvement.. That is if it's getting "Out of range shore power" I"d love to see it convert to 12vdc and then invert back to clean 120vac power. But it is not quite that good.
(I do have a way to do that.. Just a few switches I need to switch)
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11-13-2009, 09:13 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Weston, TX
Posts: 459
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I leave mine on all of the time. I got tired of setting the clocks.
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and the Dolly Molly
2006 Tiffin Phaeton 40QDH 350 CAT
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