Inverter

[Gardner Yeaw]

Bruce,
The charging current ant the battery current are in paralell.
That means that a device using power will draw from both. In reality
due to the nature of charging voltages, etc., if you exceed the
alternator charging current you will begin to drain the batteries.
I am sure there are very specific calculations to determine the
actual load on each source, but it sufices to think of it as a
bucket of water (battery) with a hose feeding it (alternator). If
you drain the water faster than the hose feeds it, the bucket will
empty out (drain the battery).


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123"
wrote:
>
> Wilhelmus:
>
> I am certainly not an expert on inverters but I am having trouble
> following your logic. You seem to be confusing 12 volts DC with
120 ac.
> I would think that the first factor would be the capacity of your
> battery bank. The alternator is not providing the power to the
> appliance it is charging the batteries. The inverter is converting
the
> 12v dc fom the batteries. Perhaps one of the electrical gurus will
> provide an expanation. I will gladly eat crow if I am wrong.
>
> Bruce
> 1988 FC35 "La Reina Gitana"
>