Reddit reviews MicroSolar 12V 1000W (Peak 2000W) Pure Sine Wave Inverter - with Battery Cable & Remote Wire Controller

I drilled a hole in the roof and ran them through there. Didn't consider for very long if I could feed them through the door or not. DIidn't immediately look like it, so through the roof it was!

I haven't anchored the batteries yet. This is a little bit halfway done honestly. I did the solar and the vent at the same time, and that took all day, so the mess of wires isn't permanent it was just a quick "Let's see that everything works mess" haha. I need to build the bed frame, for that what I'm gonna do is start at the rear of the wheel well and go forward, and then put a couple of boards up vertically so that the very back will be a space for our bikes, and probably have a board going horizontally over my tools and the battery shit.

The tan box is actually silver but appeared tan in the picture for some reason. It's a 1000W inverter with 2000w peak load. It's just a china brand since I'm broke.

As for price I'll add most of the stuff up here, but I might forget some small stuff I got from home depot or such.

Column A | Column B
---------|----------
Sikaflex | $13
Inverter | $160
Charge Controller | $20
Wires | $22
VHB Tape | $30
100W Solar | $170
2 Batteries | $200 + $18ea core
total | $651

I didn't really have any tools so I spent like $200 at homedepot/lowes on shit too. Including some wire, wire cutters, jig saw, zip ties, caulk gun, etc.

I did just that. I added a 1k MicroSolar Inverter (here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F4TP3AE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 )

I added this directly to the battery, ran the remote to my door light switch area, and then added an outlet and romex. Using the romex, I wired it directly to a relay ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004S5Y158/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) to prevent backfeeding of the circuit breaker panel. Then I wired that to the 120 outlets inside the camper [No 13.5k AC Unit power, just everything else in the unit]. When the shore/generator power is on, EVEN if my inverter is on, it'll prioritize shore/generator power over the inverter. When the shore/generator power turns off, it'll now draw from the inverter and the batteries. I put a cheap APC battery backup on my DVR to avoid having to relocate signals. Everything else in the camper is unaffected.

I run a 25 foot Lance Truck Camper. It has 2 solar panels for an unknown amount of power (installed before me). I have two deep cycle interstate batteries. A 2500 watt LP Onan Generator on board & 2k Honda EU2000i that I put on the ground. I don't have much room for anything else. At night, using TVs, DVR, charging devices, lights, etc, I can go more than 12-14 hours before I run out of juice. If I have sun light in the morning, I'm fine. If I don't, I start the generator. If the batteries are too dead, I start the truck, which powers the charge controller, allowing me to start the generator.

It's better to be safe than sorry. You don't want to bring out all that gear only to find you can't turn it on.

You'll be fine with any of these with the top one being your best candidate. Just remember to be courteous to your neighbors if people are trying to sleep!

Xantrex 806-1210 PROwatt 1000 SW Inverter

MicroSolar 1000W (Peak 2000W) Pure Sine Wave Inverter

BESTEK® Dual 110V AC Outlets 1000w/1200w Max Car DC 12V to 110V AC Inverter Power

You'll probably want to get a fuse holder and a cable kit depending on how far you expect to keep the table from your car.

You could also go the more environmental route and get some solar panels to juice up a spare solar battery each day.

How did I do?

1. Panels: 2 Sanyo panels 215w each
   42v at 5.13A
   Wiring with MC-4 connectors
   http://imgur.com/tpqUBka
   
2. Charge Controller
   Morningstar PS-30m
   30A and 12/24v
   $162.89
   http://www.bluepacificsolar.com/charge-controller/morningstar- ps-30m.html
   
3. Battery
   UPG: UB-8D AGM
   250AH (20hour rate)
   $430
   http://pdf.wholesalesolar.com/battery-folder/UPG_UB8D.pdf
   
4. Inverter
   1000W (Peak 2000W) Pure Sine Wave Inverter - with Remote Wire Controller – MicroSolar
   http://www.amazon.com/1000W-Peak-2000W-Pure-Inverter/dp/B00F4TP3AE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1406526974&sr=8-2&keywords=pure+sine+wave+inverter
   

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+I would call up a car battery shop and find out where your best weight/power ratio is as far as batteries and get one of those