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anyone done this ?.
Could it be mounted under chassis and used whilst driving ?
TM
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Could I ask why?
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An inverter would give you mains voltage whilst traveling which would be a lot simpler and cheaper.
Will that not run your air-con?Already hav a Victron 2000va
Will that not run your air-con?
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There may not be one available OEM but any decent automotive electrical place would find one. It's still the much better option.The Victron will, plenty of batteries and solar. But the alternator cannot cope at 100amps. No uprating available. I think our last Mercedes was 240amp.
There may not be one available OEM but any decent automotive electrical place would find one. It's still the much better option.
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If the alternator is providing power on the move the charger will be doing nothing. The charging cable from the alternator will need to be increased in size though. Once on EHU you will be running the aircon directly from the mains so the charger will simply be doing what it normally does.I think the other issue is that the battery charger and cables may not be able to cope
Why not use a B2B charger instead?
Considerably safer and more efficient I expect
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I am not sure how that would work?
I was working on the assumption that you could charge your batteries at a decent rate and run an inverter whilst driving, rather than running a genny - may have misunderstood what you are trying to achieve thoughI am not sure how that would work?
I was working on the assumption that you could charge your batteries at a decent rate and run an inverter whilst driving, rather than running a genny - may have misunderstood what you are trying to achieve though
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From memory our fridge only draws 6 amps when running on 12V, so not much of a drawI want to be able to run the inverter (to power the A/C) whilst on the move.
The Victron can cope. I think the Alternator can cope with the A/C, but the fridge and other things are drawing at the same time.
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On our new van I didn't want our inverter to have any effect on main leisure batery, so I installed a dedicated battery bank purely for the inverter, then charged this with a B2B charger and solar panels.
The benefit of this is that if the inverter drains the dedicated battery, then the main leisure battery and its associated 12v circuits are not affected.
Thank you so much.
May I ask what B2B you used?
Trevor
The Victron will, plenty of batteries and solar. But the alternator cannot cope at 100amps. No uprating available. I think our last Mercedes was 240amp.
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On our new van I didn't want our inverter to have any effect on main leisure batery, so I installed a dedicated battery bank purely for the inverter, then charged this with a B2B charger and solar panels.
The benefit of this is that if the inverter drains the dedicated battery, then the main leisure battery and its associated 12v circuits are not affected.