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* can cause motorized items to run warmer | * can cause motorized items to run warmer | ||
* can cause some electronics to malfunction | * can cause some electronics to malfunction | ||
- | * there is anecdotal evidence that MSW can damage some electronics. | + | * some reports of damage to electronics; |
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+ | ===== MSW and electronics ===== | ||
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+ | there is anecdotal evidence that MSW can damage some electronics. | ||
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+ | ====== sharing power ====== | ||
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+ | Because higher voltage power has less losses over long wires, it may be most efficient to share power between RVs as 120v. The donor vehicle would invert to 120v, plug in an extension cord to their inverter and run it to the recipient. | ||
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+ | ====== differences from shore power 120vac ====== | ||
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+ | Inverters make 120vac in different way than [[electrical: | ||
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+ | > ... inverter outputs are usually two 60 VAC lines driven 180 degrees out of phase, so that there is a net 120 VAC potential across them.((http:// | ||
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+ | > The situation gets more complicated when there' | ||
+ | > You can see that the neutral and ground wires [in shore power] are tied together at the panel. | ||
+ | > In fact, the situation with an inverter is very similar to [a] 240 VAC circuit... which has 2 120 VAC lines driven 180 degrees out of phase, i.e., " | ||