{"id":377,"date":"2023-05-02T20:43:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T00:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesolaraddict.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2023-05-03T05:42:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T09:42:46","slug":"plug-solar-generator-into-rv-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesolaraddict.com\/plug-solar-generator-into-rv-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Plug An RV Into A Solar Generator\/Power Station?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plug Your RV or Trailer Into A Solar Generator<\/h2>\n

Would you like to boondock and be able to watch TV and use your toaster or microwave, without having to run a noisy gas generator outside?<\/p>\n

This is possible because you can plug a solar generator\/power station directly into your RV camper.<\/p>\n\n

Run a camper on a solar generator<\/h2>\n

You can plug a camper into a solar generator, and I know this since I do it myself as I’ll talk more about down below.<\/p>\n

I do it with an 15A to 30A adapter (click to view on Amazon)<\/a>. If you have a 50A RV, you need the 15A to 50A adapter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related Post: Can a solar generator run an air conditioner?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether it’s possible or not with a specific solar generator depends on how many watts its inverter can handle.<\/p>\n

If your 12V batteries are not full, as soon as you plug the camper into the solar generator, it’s going to start charging the 12V batteries (amongst other things plugged into your trailer outlets). This can use between 100-500 watts.<\/p>\n

Therefore I recommend a solar generator with at least a 500W inverter, although higher is to prefer.<\/p>\n

How I use my solar generator with my camper<\/h2>\n

My wife and I travel fulltime in a travel trailer, and our setup is a Goal Zero Yeti 1000<\/a> and 400 watts of solar panels.<\/p>\n

We boondock 95% of the time, our Yeti and solar panels cover 90% of our energy needs.<\/p>\n

The Goal Zero Yeti 1000 is a solar generator, also known as a portable power station, that has a 100Ah lithium battery, a pure sine wave inverter, and a solar charge controller which lets me plug my solar panels directly into it.<\/p>\n

Goal Zero Yeti 1000<\/a><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Check Price at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Yeti 1000 has an inverter that changes the 12V DC power into 120V AC power, and it powers several AC outlets on the Yeti, this is where I plug my camper in.<\/p>\n

Goal Zero has put a 1500W\/3000W surge watts pure sine wave inverter in this unit.<\/p>\n

This means that I can use electronics that use up to 1500W. Here are a couple of the things I use in my travel trailer and an estimate of how many watts they use.<\/p>\n