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denisl, please explain in more detail if you don't mind.
From what I read in Kev's post he has disconnected two sockets from the ehu circuit and doubtless safely terminated the wiring. He seems to have left it so that he can put the van back to the way it was first made should he want to.
He has then run wiring from his inverter to these two sockets. These are two completely different circuits.
I have done a similar thing except that in my case I added two new sockets powered by the inverter.
I don't understand why you think that may be unsafe and would appreciate more information, Alan.
Hi Alen. I was hoping an electrician might come in here.
I was simply pointing out that if both the EHU sockets and the inverter sockets were powered at the same time, as the the two AC voltages would not be synchronised, one could be at -240 while the other is at +240.
In the small confines of a the MH, it is possible that someone could be touching or handling two devices where the voltage difference between them is 480 volts. Ok I know they are insulated and you shouldnt come to any harm, but I am pretty sure that this situation would not be allowed in a house (ie sockets powered from different phases).
I have read somewhere in the past that you shouldn't run an extension lead to your neighbours property to use electrical equipment as the neighbour could be on a different phase to you so again potentially higher voltages.
Going back to the MH, the two supplies may not be used at the same time but it may be better to have a changeover system to ensure that they cannot.
denisl, please explain in more detail if you don't mind.
From what I read in Kev's post he has disconnected two sockets from the ehu circuit and doubtless safely terminated the wiring. He seems to have left it so that he can put the van back to the way it was first made should he want to.
He has then run wiring from his inverter to these two sockets. These are two completely different circuits.
I have done a similar thing except that in my case I added two new sockets powered by the inverter.
I don't understand why you think that may be unsafe and would appreciate more information, Alan.
Something like that Alan,
240 comes in on offside, hence they are 240, inverter is under nearside seat, hence 240 (limited to 600w) on that side.
I traced the wiring from EHU to the front most socket and terminated the wiring there.
From the nearside I then pulled back the wiring going to the next sockets, and connected it into the inverter socket.
This seemed the most logical way to do it bearing in mind the wiring and sockets were already in place, for safeties sake I had it checked with a sparky
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