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Originally Posted by 07dmax360
That sounds good in theory, however, a lot of hassle to watch tv in bed with no genset, that way I would have to unplug the shore cable from the inverter, then switch the breaker back on when running genset, not to mention a 50amp cable is rather large to tuck into the basement, there is no hole for it in the compartment, only in the wet bay.
I have access from the basement to the wall behind the bathroom sink, so I should be able to run a line up and into the bedroom. This way its a permanent mount, and all I have to do is move the tv cord from plug to plug, depending on where I'm camping. We do stop at some resort when we travel that do have shore power, so i'm think running a new line up would be the best case scenario. If I could locate the wire to the existing plug, I would cut and terminate it in the basement and put a male plug end on it and keep it a permanent setup on the inverter. (best case scenario)
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I guess I'm not seeing the complexity with my suggestion, but I realize just because I see it one way doesn't make it right! I just read that you do mostly dry camping and you have solar for recharging batteries. You said you only use the gen set for watching TV at 11 pm. So why not just leave the shore power plugged into your inverter for the whole camp trip? Leave the inverter on, it draws very little if there is no AC load on it. This would eliminate the need for the generator completely. Your use sounds like ours, although for us it is TV during the morning to entertain kids, and I don't even remember the last time I had to start the generator during a camp trip.
I agree that a dedicated plug does seem like a nice elegant permanent solution. But my suggestion does not require any rewiring or cutting walls open.
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