Best Inverter For An RV/Inverter Installation Options!

Here is a great intro to Inverters in an RV. Inverters in an RV for Boondocking can be so powerful and help you enjoy RVing when you are unplugged from the RV Park or any shore power. But there are a handful of things you need to know about RV inverters before you get one. Here are the Inverters we talked about in this video.
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[@gabbyjim]

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[@jayneal8293]

I have learned so much watching your videos. I just moved into a 37 foot sprinter by keystone with 3 slide outs. Thank you for sharing in a plain language so anyone can understand

[@tedbaxter5234]

3 years later, still a top notch video! Thank you.

[@stevequincey1217]

Jared, you always have the most comprehensive videos. Thank you form all us visual learners! Keep doing what you do. Its making a difference.

[@Gr8LakesCamper]

You have a knack for being able to explain complex things in a way that us common folk can understand. Thank you.

[@ttione71]

Agreed! Thank you!

[@n6pop886]

Thank you for explaining getting around the feedback loop, I knew that was going to happen if you just wired it up to your house panel. What I wanted to know was how to get around that. I appreciate your time in this video.

[@Thomas-qk7wf]

Well done. Thanks, Jared. Learning a lot here and you're making it very easy to digest. Keep up the great work.

[@MT-lf4io]

Thank you so much for your videos! I’m a new RVer and you are amazing at explaining your topics. I truly enjoy your channel. Very professional and well made.

[@ronmoore3940]

Jared - thank you for taking the time to make this truly informative video. I have been researching upgrading my 750 Tripp-Lite to a 2-3K Pure Sine Wave; your presentation talks to my level, not a bunch of terminology that leaves me still clueless. Once again, your gift of delivery is exceptional.

[@AllAboutRVs]

Thank you!

[@lkrobbins1]

Enjoying your series of videos explaining batteries and how the electrical system in a RV works. Lots of good information to help us plan our upgrades.

[@dotcodan]

You are very easy to understand. You don't overload us with mumbo-jumbo. Keep up the great videos.

[@Northeagle66]

Wow, I have been searching a lot and you answered a lot of my questions in such an easy way. Thanks!

[@richardnorris7940]

Great video. I like how you can break it down so non-electricians can understand. Thanks

[@teyes34]

Getting ready to start my skoolie journey and so glad I happened upon your video! Not ready to go the solar way just yet and this seems to be a beautiful alternative and very cost effective! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

[@OffroadGirl]

I'm installing solar later this year, and I'm doing it all at once so I get the tax write-off for everything. That includes the inverter. So, that's a good way to save some money. I'm glad you said you like the Victron, that's the one I'm getting. Thanks, as always, for this great overview!

[@michaelrivera9268]

New sub! Just bought an RV for a temporary extended home until the permanent home is built and know very little! This video was extremely helpful and definitely going to rewatch a few more times! 👍 thank you sir!!

[@edroberson9394]

On really high dollar rv what do they consider important to go thru inverter the 4 slide outs 1 of em

[@michaelrivera9268]

@@edroberson9394 we don’t have any slides just an AC unit

[@michaelrivera9268]

@@edroberson9394 we don’t have any slides just an AC unit

[@carbon_root]

I greatly appreciate that simple explanation and the walk thru on your setup...awesome👍

[@HelloWorldRobnLisa]

You are the first person out of dozens of influencers to state the modern Victron type inverters have the converter already built in. Huge lightbulb moment for me. Completely changes what how I am going to approach this specific upgrade. I appreciate it!

[@benchoflemons398]

They basically all have that now. Also the aios have better battery management, etc

[@mimijohnson7714]

Am a school bus driver, I certainly can’t afford a repairman most of the time and have to learn how to do upgrades or repairs myself. I put in a new converter in a DRV a month ago, and am remodeling/repairing a Skyline towable that’s has severe water damage. My hands are full and even though this particular video is way over my head after the first 5-7 minutes I still enjoy watching watching as you’re great at step by step directions and explaining how things work. Thank you and keep up the great videos!

[@katsybo]

Your the first person that I can truest understand on this topic. Thank you.

[@NuBFnDr]

I’m glad I stumbled across your channel, this is exactly what I was looking to find now that I’m considering installing solar and inverter on my trailer this season. Cheers!

[@anthonycoluccio6008]

Picking up our new RV on Monday all ready with solar installed. This video was helpful so I know what to look for when doing our PDI. Thanks again Jarrod.

[@raymondschneider5217]

Another great vid, Jared; you've a talent to explain something that can be deep and confusing for some of us, into a pretty easily understood explanation. Thanks so much for taking the time and energy to help us all. Y'all Be Safe!

[@frodriguez7912]

Thank you for this information. Thank you laying out all the details and being very specific. We are looking to purchase a RV but looking at RV electrical systems and still doing some homework.

[@nataliehansen6865]

Thank you! This process is so overwhelming, but you explained everything so clearly! Really appreciate the help 🙏🏼

[@abhijeetmaharana]

Your hair dryer demo from 0:54 was the best part! Just kidding - great video, thank you for taking the time to make and share it.

[@AllAboutRVs]

Thanks

[@RVingwithG]

@@AllAboutRVs ??? I have 1,005 watts, 3x100 BBB and getting the 3000Watt Victron inverter/charger. sadly the 3 batteries are on one side of the RV and so far the only place I see that can fit the inverter/charger is under the dinette set, next to the furnace... HAVING THEM FIVE FEET AWAY From each other , Is that going to be OK? I will be using 4/0 cable. And if I want to add a fourth battery to the mix can I also have it 2-3-or 5 feet away from the first 3 ???

[@faceformers]

Thank you so much for all of your extremely informative videos. I am learning so much and I can't thank you enough :). I have a little tiny Tab travel trailer that I am improving and this is all so helpful.

[@bartjohnson8139]

Excellent information, presented in an understandable way. I’m currently building a small travel trailer, 7‘ x 20‘. It’s all my wife and I need, but it will be outfitted very well. Every single video that you’ve put out, that I’ve watched, reminds me of something I need to check out. It’s been a few decades since I put a wrench or DVM to an RV, so all the reminders are very welcome!

[@AllAboutRVs]

Thanks

[@markrauenswinter7702]

Thank you!! You basically answered all my questions. Love your videos!! Watch them all.

[@AllAboutRVs]

Thank you.

[@brentjohnson6654]

Very good description of the subject

[@markrigsby2425]

Very thought out ,video. Thanks.

[@bobcalgarycanada8582]

Great Breakdown Very Well explained Thanks for Sharing

[@trolling4dollars816]

Very good description of the "50 Amp" service. I understand the electricity, bu few YT'ers can explain it as well as you.

[@keesm5376]

Hello, message from the Netherlands. I am slowly understanding a lot more of the electricity in my motorhome. Want to switch to lithium, so these video's are a great help for me. Thanks man.

[@steveholloway8576]

Very educational... great break down and simplifying.

[@journey2fifty]

Congratulations on 50k subs!!! Greatly deserved!

[@AllAboutRVs]

Thanks! We were excited when we hit it the other day!

[@hectoralejandro3344]

Hello, thank you very much for sharing your aknowlagement, you made easy to understand such a complicated matter, now I know what to do and what to look for. Thanks again. Good bless

[@ManuelOrbeaOtaola]

Your explanation is perfect!!!!

[@magnum15917]

Really enjoyed this video and I’ve watched a few of your videos I love how you explain things out thank you

[@amiryoeli4557]

Practical yet detailed. Thanks.

[@janetwestrup6910]

Wow!!! This was FANTASTIC!!! Thank you!!!

[@valeriefinney698]

Love your interior (white cabinets) Beautiful.

[@AllAboutRVs]

Thank you, we love them too and wish they would manufacture them that way originally but not everyone feels the same way.

[@Myronkline]

Wow, very good, very comprehensive and easy to follow.

[@SpitOnYourPalm]

Victron is all I would ever buy

[@danieloday9985]

I love the Victron. It was one of my top two choices. One other option for 50 amp circuit would be two outback inverters. If you are bootlegging a single inverter to two circuits, they are the same phase. If you have any 220 appliances that won't work. You can use two outback inverters working together, to proper 180 out of phase power to the two sides of the 50 amp (100 amp) circuit. Side benefit if one fails you only loose power to 1/2 your circuits. Backup is good. The outback units also have the same facility as the victrons in adding power to a generator circuit in a support mode.. use your small generator with the inverter providing surge or support when the load exceeds the generator (or shore feed) capacity.

[@daveevans7151]

Looking at this one and think am going to start simple. I just went to lithium and also swapped out my converter to a progressive dynamics. I moved my battery into the camper under our bed and am thinking of just adding this inverter under there too and running an extension cord out of it when we want it (coffee in am, etc...). My question is, how do you know what size fuse to put between the battery and inverter...electricity is something that I am still learning! lol

[@ryand640]

Great video. Complex topics presented in an easy to understand fashion. Nice work.

[@bigjoe1305]

Finally someone who has explained to me why my inverter only powers one leg of my camper. Paid $3000 from the dealer to add a 2000 watt xantrex inverter with 2 additional batteries into my 50 amp 5th wheel so I can run my cpap machine, charge phones and watch tv. My camper came with a 1000 watt inverter to power just the residential fridge. Its been nothing but problems since day one. First my 1000 watt inverters GFI would constantly trip, then my 2000 watt xantrex was tripping. Changed both GFI's got one trip out of the 1000 watt unit and GFI keeps tripping again. Thinking about ripping everything out and converting it to the Victron you spoke about. Thank you for this video.

[@fredstratton555]

Hey, I learned a couple things. Thanks!

[@mtradz]

Jared~ Well done video, you explain this so well. 2 thumbs up!

[@AllAboutRVs]

Thanks!

[@andywinslow5480]

Hi Jared. I know I'm late to the game but I just came across your site. I'm an aspiring Full Time Truck Camper and was interested in how to set-up the electrical system the way I wanted. FWIW, Tony Piwko is right on the money. I've been in academia for almost 20 yrs. I've known a lot of geniuses in the lab that couldn't give you directions to the conference room. Its a gift to be able to do the work and explain it at the same time. Well done. I now have a good understanding of what and how to do what I want to do. I just subscribed and liked the video. Good look to you and I look forward to binge-watching your other videos.

[@nonrevhogan8938]

OH YEA !!! CONGRATULATIONS 🎊🎈🎉🍾 51K. WELL DESERVED INDEED 🎉🍾🎉🎊🎉🎉

[@AllAboutRVs]

Thank you! We were pretty excited when we hit 50,000

[@jbat66]

I have been researching inverters off and on. I have a bit of an electrical background, so AC and DC is not new, but I just couldn't figure out a good way to setup an inverter for my 50amp motorhome. Sure I could do sub panel, or just pick one side of the main panel, but I would not have every outlet hot. So after watching your video I clicked your affiliate link and purchased a Go Power 2000. I got it close to my battery bay but had to route the DC cables out and around. Both were 10' so round trip was 20'. GoPower recommends 5' total round trip. Well I went on a long roadtrip and had constant DC breaker tripping. If I watched my usage I was fine, but couldn't do much. Anyway I have since put in a GoPower fuse-block and a DC switch. I have also cut my round trip down to about 7' cable length. Now I can even use my electric tea kettle to boil water! Without your video I would still be contemplating on what to get and how I wanted to hook it up. Thank you Sir.

[@Ournotsoperfectlife]

Wow - ok, I do not even know where to begin and this will likely be a longer comment. Ha, sorry 😂🙃 Anyway, 1st - thanks for posting this video. As newbs to full timing, this is a subject that has a million “experts” telling you exactly what to buy, or how to hack a system and cheat your way through to save money. 2nd just love your approach. You make it understandable and allows me (and your audience) to digest an overwhelming subject matter. Power sourcing can be confusing and daunting and your breakdowns are really on point - thank you. 3rd and lastly - I did not even know that they made the “all-in-ones” so to speak, and allowed for both legs to be used. This video is not only informative, but is helpful to peeps just trying to get a grasp on what they would need in order for their power to work for their desires. As we have hit the road and boon-docked, we know full well that we are not prepped for an extended period of time. We (much like you) work from the road and constantly need power for our laptops and other devices. We have already settled in our mind that we do not need or want to run our A/C units anyway, and do not use a microwave, and we French press our coffee, so our power needs to some degree are dialed back from a certain perspective. We have a Xantrax and only the fridge is wired into it, so I may just need to figure out how to get More of my main panel wired from that to operate certain plugs until we get further down the road of experience. Thanks so much Jared. I hope that you have taken the time to read this, and if you care to share any further insight, that would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, ONSPL

[@joshhavekost1213]

Thanks so much, you made this so simple. I just bought an RV and subscribed!

[@AllAboutRVs]

Thank you!

[@richardnead4840]

Thank you, very informative and educational

[@SunsetSeekers]

Thanks for all the wonderful information!

[@ibdrummin82]

Enjoyed the video, We got solar in February and we love it. We got the Victron inverter and charge controller. battery monitor and two battle born lithium batteries. The batteries were a game changer. If you have the money get the lithium. We also have two 360 watt panels on the roof. We boondock a lot and haven't even used the jenny since we got solar. We used to worry about power when we first got solar. Now we don't even think about it. It wasn't cheap to get it but the freedom and money we've saved from not being in a park will soon pay off. Keep up the videos. By the way, we are Abode to the Road on KZbin and Facebook. Haven't uploaded on KZbin much but we do a lot on Facebook. Hope to hear from you. God Bless.

[@AllAboutRVs]

I’ll have to look you up!

[@tw8r50]

Congrats on 50k subs!!!

[@DavidHBurkart]

Excellent information... again!! Thank you so much.

[@daniellapain1576]

Thanks for the explanation. The waste power cycle will be actually beneficial to my way to set-up since I never plan to go with shore power. The only difference will be to wire in grid tie inverters after the regular inverter so I can get solar cheaper and hijack the RVs charge controller for the battery. I could still get shore power in this configuration if I really had to but it would have to be through the grid tie inverters with a simple battery charger.

[@RVKevin]

Jared, Your Videos are so informative I really enjoy how you share your information, Thanks for the great Video !😀

[@VV-om8vv]

Exactly the info I needed thanks

[@Josherson]

Thank you sir! You are a lifesaver! Made everything easy to understand!! You have no idea!

[@deverm00]

Thank you. a lot to digest but this video is worth watching for us newbies

[@galapagosbusinesses.8859]

Hi😉👋

[@laughingram7287]

This was very good. You explained it well. Thank you! Ram

[@Scottrz28]

Very informative thank you - Dry camped to see what was needed for a trip to Yellow stone - in our old camper the regular outlets for tv, etc. worked but this new Camper they did not. So I guess I need to invest in an inverter to get power to the ac outlets. Let the research begin lol

[@tushaye2175]

Perfect..this was really easy to follow, thankyou..☀️🙏☀️

[@esillery4736]

Jared, your videos are awesome... I’ve looked at a lot of videos trying to figure out what I’m going to need to set up power in my Skoolie, and yours are the only ones that give me an actual clear idea of what is needed and how all the components work together. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I do have one question I need clarified, though. You said the Victron negates the need for a separate sub panel... does that mean it includes the panel for the AC breakers as well as the DC fuses?

[@racecar1761]

Thank you. I think I want to go to the victron. Just bought motorhome and I figured it would have it. I want to be able to power anything in the coach like tv in bedroom and living room. I think this will work the best. Thank you again.

[@bentonjames72]

Simple & understanding video.. thanks

[@raym2503]

great video , very detailed for someone that didn't know JACK about inverters and now i do know some what lol.

[@bradswanson3824]

Very good video, well done! I think I want to go with the go power or victron.

[@bobcarley827]

As usual Jared, thanks for this!

[@TheHumanSwissArmyKnife]

I love your video and it is very informative and you have good technical descriptions.

[@ChristopherOBrien000]

Great instructional, thanks.

[@pistoncount]

Great video you gave me a lot to think about

[@Brentlythomas13]

Great video! Thank you!

[@StephSancia]

this is seriously awesome advice ! gratitude 🙃

[@acemakr]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@nmg6248]

Excellent video, this is the first one that’s made the inverter/converter/shore power/battery setup understandable!

[@AllAboutRVs]

Thank you

[@DougJohns]

After living off grid for many years now I agree with most everything this guy says... my thinking only differs in that I prefer to have seperate components pf a system as opposed to anything "all in one" chargers and inverters, shunts etc all wear out at different times and I would rather fix or replace any single component as it weras out, if it's an all in one you have to replace the entire unit or ship it off to be repaired. Victron has the best reputation and they sell them both ways.

[@douglamp178]

I bought a 2000 wt mod wave inverter to do one thing, run our RV fridg while under way. Probably over kill, but it does a great job.

[@fishhuntadventure]

You should get a true sine / pure sine wave inverter. Save your fridge motor!

[@johnr5545]

Great advice thank you God bless

[@jimbertrand2499]

Excellent advice.

[@gregoire8376]

What a good video and it makes me think. When I grow up I'm going to become an electrical engineer. To hell with being a Doctor. I'm pretty damn sure the key life skill set will go right through that Engineering faculty at University.

[@bewareofmonkeys]

Excellent thanks!!

[@waynesiminski8268]

Very informative and well explained. That being said, for all the work and cost, I think I’ll just plug in my generator. Thanks

[@FamilyNOMADerWhat]

Looking forward to watching this! We love yalls channel, always putting out great content. We recently started our own channel too so wish us luck ;). Keep em coming we will be watching!

[@yvonbond4703]

I have hook up 3000 enverder directly to RV outlet no problem PS good vd .

[@HomesteadEngineering]

Nice job!

[@stewartmhyre1528]

Again great info.

[@donnamount151]

I set up a board where my inverter and controller (with a 50 amp breaker) then I add my converter and wire it to where if my batteries got low for any reason the converter kicks my generator on and charges my batts...love it and easy to do...😁

[@MrBarakoto]

learned a lot, thanks

[@andypop123]

I have the go power IC2000. With it we disconnected the converter, it charges the batteries and supplies 12 v to the house. You can also adjust the input power level as with the Victron . The other feature I really like is the power sharing, though it is only on leg 1, but say you only had a 2k generator and a/c runs at 1500w but takes 3000w to start, this inverter will borrow the needed watts to start the ac, the the generator can maintain. Anyhoo, thanks for the video and information.

[@jdright1157]

Just stumbled across your channel... Dude! you've restored my excitement in getting into RV'ing when I was, well, as my wife recently said..."can we afford RV'ing as snowbirds??! And with ALL the channels and RV'ers that goes on and on about... you gotta get this and that and oh! don't forget the other thingy and the next thing you know you have a power bank and solar system array that, well... literally cost nearly as much if NOT as much as your rig to start with!! AND like many of the other commenters have said, THANY YOU FOR MAKING IT SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND!!!

[@danmartin1732]

Excellent as always. I would like to see a design of a system ie. say 200 watts, plus the inverter, battery combo that I would work together for 3-4 boondocking.

[@TheGstip]

Excellent!

[@cynthiaincolorado3373]

This was confusing! Could you just install mine for me??? lol! love your informative videos.

[@markrigsby2425]

$$$

[@fasteddie617]

Well done man 👍

[@btownes5632]

Very informative video!!!!!