I completed my 2nd DC/AC system in my new RV today.
What I think is a little ridiculous is the installed MW oven draws 13 amps/ 1560 watts. The stock inverter is 1200W. If they went up just one size, then they could use the stock inverter with the MW oven.
Today, I ran the genny and checked a few things. The genny will power ALL AC outlets. I also checked to see if the stock converter charges my engine starting battery. It does.
The stock inverter will give NO power to the kitchen outlets, but it will to all the other stock AC outlets in the RV.
In my added 4KW pure sinewave inverter manual, it says the waveshape shown on the display of the unit is live. So it's a built in scope (bottom photo).
I managed to get the entire thing installed without drilling a single large hole anywhere. I discovered an easy path from under the kitchen bench seats to the top drawer in the kitchen where I ran all the cables to. There, I can plug in my converter & get my high power DC and AC.
About the photos of what I completed today:
Top photo shows inverter on. Bottom photo shows clearer with inverter turned off. In this bottom photo, the top cable is a 175 AMP Anderson for my 13V DC stuff, such as my HF ham radio gear. The red AC cord below goes to the converter input. It reaches easily to the kitchen AC outlets. The small box below the AC cord is the remote to turn the inverter on, which will activate the power strip for as much as the CB can handle (~2,300 watts) which is a lot less than the inverter can do, but is all I will ever need. I can run the MW oven or make coffee without running the genny. I have no need to do both at once!
In the 2nd and third photos, I have the 300 AH Lith battery positive going to the 175 amp CB to the red power strip which feeds my DC output cable, also has Inverter input and converter output. I only want to have a single cable on each of the battery terminals, as shown.
The negative battery cable
goes to a SmartShunt to a black power strip for the negative connections. It's only tie-wrapped to the negative battery cable, not mounted otherwise, but it won't go anywhere.
In 2nd photo, converter is mounted under the SmartShunt. Hard to notice with all the wiring in the way. Inverter is on the bottom of the photo, about the same length as the battery.
Here are the photos:
-Don- Reno, NV