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My rustic writer's retreat: portable power (part IV) - Field Blog
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Writing and reporting, gear and gadgets. My rustic writer’s retreat: portable power (part IV). May 16, 2014. Great, we’ve got our battery. Can’t do much with that, though. We need to be able to plug in appliances like computers and margarita machines. We’ll need an inverter. A power inverter changes direct current to alternating current, which is what you get from those plugs in your wall. I obviously know exactly how inverters work (electricity gnomes, right? Or I would have done some smarter shopping&#...
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12V vs. 110V Stuff | Kelly's RV Solar Blog
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Kelly's RV Solar Blog. All the Electricity we need and then some! To Invert or Not to Invert, That is the question…. A quick MPPT vs PWM note… →. 12V vs. 110V Stuff. August 22, 2013. Since your RV is inherently a 12VDC system it makes the most sense to choose electronic items that run on 12VDC! Sometimes, though, one stops thinking and does silly things! We have a 110VAC percolator that we use. It pulls about 75 amps for about 10 minutes to make very good coffee. I think that a traditional coffee...Think...