Thanks all for the further replies/suggestions - as I mentioned early on in the discussion, I've got a Victron 12V/3000VA 120V which is rated at 2400W (3000VA) continuous and 6000W peak load. I've set it to 120V/60Hz - somewhat serendipitously one came up on eBay just when I started this thread...
In Europe shore power is 230V 6A maybe 10A, sometimes 2A! There is slim chance that I can charge the batteries to support the aircons and the rest of the RV's power draw. And as I said, my current battery charger (the inverter/charger/) will only charge 120A max. Thus the UPS wont work on...
@waross
>> Do you have a charger that will support that current draw?
the batteries are spec'ed at 0.5C (280A) ideal charge rate and 1.0C (560A) max charge rate. The Victron inverter charger I have will do a max of 120A charge assuming shore power and or gennie is sufficient (gennie is...
@LittleInch - yeah, thanks - I have that covered. The battery I made and installed for the solar/230V inverter is 560Ah and I used 120mm² cable to the bus bar and the same from the busbar to the 230V inverter/charger (slightly bigger than "0000") which is rated at 600A and the class T fuse I...
hah ha [bigsmile] not quite; a more accurate term (for the UK) would be motorhoming - a caravan in the UK is what you guys call a travel trailer. "Motorhome" is the British word but we tend to differentiate American self powered motorhomes as "RVs". Autocaravanas in Spain and Portgual, Husbilar...
@Heaviside1925 - full 110v really isn't an option really - everything in here is now 220 (or using boost converters to run off 12v. I've ditched the US microwave and the evap. fridge - both just crapped out. I now have a domestic fridge that cost me a little over £200 (I bought two because...
thanks again both!
I appear to have been writing my inverter post at the same time as you @Heaviside1925! That appears the best way - now to find an economical inverter! I suppose the Victron route is best as that's what I installed for the 220v side, and it will integrate with the Victron...
Just thinking about it further and not sure why I didn't think of it earlier [neutral] - I think the answer would be to install a second, 12v-120v (pure sine), inverter alongside the Victron 12v-220v inverter that I installed for the lithium/solar system.
I could then ditch the 220v to 120v...
Thanks for your replies.
Following on from my original post, I see you can indeed get frequency regulators, but they appear to be large, industrial and very costly. So back to my original questions 2, 3, 4 and 5
2. can I use a single phase to single phase VFD and up the frequency to 60hz to...
Hello,
while searching the interwebs for info, I came across this thread thread248-395067 which lead me to post this.
My situation is that I have an American RV in Europe which has been partly converted to 230v. The roof air conditioners and the water heater remain as 120v and are powered by a...
