Occasional powering if ice maker from inverter

[JFNM]

Howdy all,

I am looking for guidance from the electrical guru's.

In short: I would like to "occasionally" power my ice maker from my inverter. Looking for tips to accomplish this.

Since it is always about the details….
I'm a dry camper/boondocker with lots of solar power but am rarely plugged into shore power or run the generator. I've got a Dometic 1210 (works great) that has two AC power plugs, one of which is for the ice maker. I've been powering the ice maker during the day, from the inverter, for several weeks with a poor man's switch (extension cord) so I know this concept works.

I have two AC buses. #1 is powered from shore/generator only and includes tank heaters, block heater, air conditioning, and refrigerator (both plugs). #2 is powered via the pass-thru inverter and operates everything else.

I would be happy extending one of the lines on the #2 bus to an additional AC socket behind the refrigerator (into which the ice maker would be plugged). In this line, I would place a switch (easily accessible and near the refrigerator). This would still be somewhat manual as I would have to flip it on and off myself but that's far better than my extension cord approach). This strikes me as about a $15 and four hour project (running the wiring being the hardest part).

I don't see a need to add a circuit to the #2 bus as the power required by the ice maker is pretty small. However; that circuit breaker could serve as the switch, just not as convenient as I was hoping.

Any better suggestions or hints??

[BatteryPro]

Yes, you can power the icemaker from the inverter panel since the neutral and hot are isolated from your main AC panel. Only if the neutral leg from the icemaker is connected to the refrigerator neutral would there be a problem. But, I have never seen this as the IM has a seperate AC cord.

Larry

[OLYLEN]

Since you are doing with a extension cord you know it works. So why not use the plugin designed for that purpose ? The only addition I might do is use a timer in line so the heat phase only happens during day light hours when you have good solar power. No wiring just a timer, EZ.

LEN

[TQ60]

Yes it is a simple thing.

Locate a near by outlet that is on the inverter then run wire from that one to the location for icemaker.

Added notes...

If existing outlet for fridge is 2 hole with ice in one and fridge in other then remove outlet and break off the interconnect tabs between them (verify outlet not used as junction box).

Connect inverter power to one and existing wires to other.

With sharpie write on the faces ice and fridge then reinsert.

Now it looks factory.

Next is if you wish to control this load vis on - off then select an outlet source that you seldom use or would only need one hole.

Purchase an outlet that has one hole and one switch, these are common and often used for disposal control in kitchen.

Replace the source outlet with this and wire your new circuit to the switch.

Looks factory.