Mike, you missed a golden opportunity to complicate things by tossing in chargers. My understanding is converters and chargers serve the same purpose but are slightly different.
not really the same purpose per se....while the inverter/converter (often a single integrated unit) does take 120vac / shore power and CONVERTS it to 12vdc (enable you to run 12vdc appliances; ie lighting & water pump) - they also perform an additional function by charging (and hopefully) intelligently maintaining (aka float) the house batteries.
That’s what I meant. A converter is just a straight constant voltage source whereas a charger probably has different levels of voltage depending on where the battery is in its charging status. At least that’s the way I understand it.
when it comes to 12vdc & 120vac RVs typically 3 devices - and often these 3 devices are integrated into a Single unit (if not 2 devices)....the 3 devices perform the following jobs....
1) INVERTER - this changes 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC (aka enabling the microwave to run off the 12 volt dc batteries)
2) CONVERTER - this changes 120 Volt AC to 12 Volt DC (aka enabling the 12vdc water pump and lighting to run off of 120vac/shore power)
3) CHARGER - this keeps the 12 Volt DC batteries charged.
Mike, you missed a golden opportunity to complicate things by tossing in chargers. My understanding is converters and chargers serve the same purpose but are slightly different.
That's Part 2 next week. Baby steps...
not really the same purpose per se....while the inverter/converter (often a single integrated unit) does take 120vac / shore power and CONVERTS it to 12vdc (enable you to run 12vdc appliances; ie lighting & water pump) - they also perform an additional function by charging (and hopefully) intelligently maintaining (aka float) the house batteries.
That’s what I meant. A converter is just a straight constant voltage source whereas a charger probably has different levels of voltage depending on where the battery is in its charging status. At least that’s the way I understand it.
when it comes to 12vdc & 120vac RVs typically 3 devices - and often these 3 devices are integrated into a Single unit (if not 2 devices)....the 3 devices perform the following jobs....
1) INVERTER - this changes 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC (aka enabling the microwave to run off the 12 volt dc batteries)
2) CONVERTER - this changes 120 Volt AC to 12 Volt DC (aka enabling the 12vdc water pump and lighting to run off of 120vac/shore power)
3) CHARGER - this keeps the 12 Volt DC batteries charged.