Hideout - Electrical Question
Hello. New to this forum. I hunted briefly to ensure this wasn't a duplicate, but forgive me if I'm re-asking an older question.
I have a 2011 Hideout, and when I'm dry camping, I need to power my wifes CPAP machine at night. I have an inverter to create the necessary AC, however, plugging into the 12V outlet (Cigarette-lighter style) seems to be a problem: The Inverter is drawing about 8 amps, and there seems to be enough resistance in the wiring of this outlet that the voltage drops to below 11V, even with fresh batteries. When I connect direct to the battery outside the trailer, there is almost no voltage drop and everything works fine.
So - I'll not bother with the 12V outlet, and run directly connecting to the trailer batteries.
But - now, I need to fish an extension cord into the trailer - in the storage door, up under the bed and we're in. Problem is - I don't want vermin entering the trailer, and now my storage door is open a crack.
I had a thought: If I flip the breaker that controls the external GFI 110V AC outlet, I find is also kills the GFI breaker in the washroom. - Meaning these two outlets are co-joined on the 'output' side of the breaker. If I now make an extension cord with male plugs on both ends, I can plug one end into my inverter that it sitting outside, and the other end into the AC outlet on the outside of the trailer (with the fuse turned off at the fuse panel), that should make 110VAC available at the bathroom outlet without trying to feed 110V to the rest of the system.
Would this work?
Potential issues:
These are GFI breakers.
I'm not sure what else might be on the circuit I've shut off - anything else on the circuit will also be energized when I make this connection.
Is this just stupid and I've got my head up my rear?
And, as noted elsewhere.... I wish Keystone made wiring diagrams available.
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