Several have pointed out that wiring the inverter out to the shore power in could drain the batteries by powering the water heater and the converter. A transfer switch could stop this, or something that prevented the inverter from powering anything but the outlets. Got to think about that.
Meanwhile, if the water heater was on it would certainly blow the fuse on the inverter. (hey, maybe that's what blew the original inverter!!) The converter would just drain the batteries. Everything would be OK if only I remembered to turn those two breakers off. If we had ham, we could have ham and eggs for breakfast. If we had eggs...... Nothin's simple, is it? Using a power cord to jumper the inverter to the shore power inlet saves the > need for significant A/C main circuit changes but you can?t be tempted to > make this A/C connection permanent into you?re A/C panel without the > introduction of a selector as suggested by Dennis. Normally you might also > split the A/C side to have a set of circuits which is only be powered by > shore power and those you are willing to power by inverter ? hot > water/charger/AC vs cabin plugs, microwave. All this probably more than you > want to do at this moment. >
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