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Originally Posted by Bpcfd581
Does the inverter automatically come on when you unplug it, and plug it into your truck?
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There is a separate battery cut off to the inverter. It has to be in the "on" position. The inverter has a push on-off button. It has to be "on" also.
When the camper is plugged into shore power, the transfer switch detects the power and turns off the output from the inverter, from the battery.
When the camper is unplugged from shore power, the transfer switch will switch over and allow AC power from the inverter, from the battery to power the refrigerator.
When the camper is unplugged from shore power and hooked up to the tow vehicle, the transfer switch switches over to the inverter, via the trailer battery. Hooked up to the truck or not, makes no difference. It only switches back and forth when plugged into shore power or not.
However, the truck will trickle charge the camper battery when in-tow, thus keeping the battery charged all the time. So, as the truck is charging the battery, the battery is supplying DC power to the inverter. The inverter is transforming DC to AC power. The AC power now goes to the transfer switch. The transfer switch detects no shore power, but power from the inverter, and will allow a continuous AC power feed to the refrigerator.
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