deardorffs
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I'm considering a new Bighorn 3970RD, a big trailer for only two a/c's in the Texas summer.
So I wanted to ask if anyone has had any luck in running at least one a/c from a generator in the truck bed.
I like the Champion Inverters because they are only 18.3 inches tall and will fit under my truck bed cover when I'm not hooked up to the trailer. Its rated at 3500 watts starting/ 3200 watts running. Should be enough to start and run one 15000 btu roof air.
I was thinking if I order the generator prep I could tie into those wires and run a line to the generator in the truck bed.
Anyone know which side of the breaker box is the generator prep wiring hooked to or more specifically is it hooked to the side with the main cabin a/c or the side with the bedroom a/c.
Or better yet has anyone had a separate shore power connector installed at the front of the trailer by a dealer or electrician, should be cheaper than the generator prep option.
I thought that getting two Champion Inverters and then connecting them together with the parallel kit would give me enough power to run both roof a/c, but it turns out the parallel kit while it has a 14-50L 50amp connector, its doesn't provide 240 volts or 2 legs of 120 volts like shore power at an rv park does. So even though its got enough wattage, it does the same thing as the generator prep wiring does, only gives you one leg of 120 going to the breaker box.
thanks for your thoughts
So I wanted to ask if anyone has had any luck in running at least one a/c from a generator in the truck bed.
I like the Champion Inverters because they are only 18.3 inches tall and will fit under my truck bed cover when I'm not hooked up to the trailer. Its rated at 3500 watts starting/ 3200 watts running. Should be enough to start and run one 15000 btu roof air.
I was thinking if I order the generator prep I could tie into those wires and run a line to the generator in the truck bed.
Anyone know which side of the breaker box is the generator prep wiring hooked to or more specifically is it hooked to the side with the main cabin a/c or the side with the bedroom a/c.
Or better yet has anyone had a separate shore power connector installed at the front of the trailer by a dealer or electrician, should be cheaper than the generator prep option.
I thought that getting two Champion Inverters and then connecting them together with the parallel kit would give me enough power to run both roof a/c, but it turns out the parallel kit while it has a 14-50L 50amp connector, its doesn't provide 240 volts or 2 legs of 120 volts like shore power at an rv park does. So even though its got enough wattage, it does the same thing as the generator prep wiring does, only gives you one leg of 120 going to the breaker box.
thanks for your thoughts