Using many circuit breakers-at least I like to have more or less a separate circuit breaker for each appliance and plug. Much the same as having a dedicated pipe (hose) for each plumbing appliance with separate ball valve to cut that appliance off if you have problems with it-this so you can continue your trip-but just without that particular appliance if you have a failure. Wiring or plumbing a motorhome is just not the same as a house. Good Luck, TomC
Well, my electrical plan has stuff pretty well divided up, and I have 10 ckts off the main panel (powered by shore power / genny) and 6 ckts off the inverter (which is what the subpanel is for). Anything with less circuits only had like 2 space / 4 ckt. And room to grow is always good. The main line breaker is in the main box, and I'm putting a 30A or so bkr in the main box that branches off to the subpanel via inverter passthrough.My schematic is:shorepower----ats----main-----outlets I Igenny-----------I I------inverter------outlets I solar array---batt bank----I I bus alt-----------isolator--------start batt'sDoes this make any sense?
From what I have read on other sites.. it appears that a 50 amp pedestal is wired for 240 volts. Meaning that if you separate the 2 hot wires in your Bus's electrical panel, that you'll actually have access to 100 amps at 120 volts.. Is that right?? and if so, can you use all 100 amps in your bus by wiring it that way?
Correct. I can't quite imagine using all 100 amps at 120 volts unless you have five rooftops or something.