indaUPeh
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Wow lots of information on this forum. Kind of like drinking from a fire hose. I love how active the community is.
I joined up after this year's deer camp and a headache I'm no long interested in dealing with. The 'cabin' is a mid 90's modular home (basically a glorified double wide). It is miles from being tied to the grid so we use a generator to power the 115 shallow well jet pump and a microwave. We will use some lights when the generator is running, otherwise we have plenty of lanterns and propane lights.
My issue is some members of the hunting party can't seem to grasp needing the generator on to run water. Multiple flushes at night and some hand washing and all of a sudden I'm priming the pump again in the morning. I'd love to have a 12V system to just be able to kick the pump on once at night.
I know a well pump and 12V isn't ideal, but I understand that portion of the equation. When I open camp up in spring I'll see what it draws for in-rush and if it's feasible. The utility room is wide open since we have no washer/dryer so I have space for batteries and equipment.
What I'm curious about is an avenue to wire a LF inverter/charger to the existing in wall, flush mounted panel in that room. Is there a way to do this where it can sense that somebody started the generator? The reason I want to do this, would be to be able to turn a light on if needed anywhere in the cabin or have a box fan running in whatever room I'm sleeping in during the often hot fall planting season.
Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.
I joined up after this year's deer camp and a headache I'm no long interested in dealing with. The 'cabin' is a mid 90's modular home (basically a glorified double wide). It is miles from being tied to the grid so we use a generator to power the 115 shallow well jet pump and a microwave. We will use some lights when the generator is running, otherwise we have plenty of lanterns and propane lights.
My issue is some members of the hunting party can't seem to grasp needing the generator on to run water. Multiple flushes at night and some hand washing and all of a sudden I'm priming the pump again in the morning. I'd love to have a 12V system to just be able to kick the pump on once at night.
I know a well pump and 12V isn't ideal, but I understand that portion of the equation. When I open camp up in spring I'll see what it draws for in-rush and if it's feasible. The utility room is wide open since we have no washer/dryer so I have space for batteries and equipment.
What I'm curious about is an avenue to wire a LF inverter/charger to the existing in wall, flush mounted panel in that room. Is there a way to do this where it can sense that somebody started the generator? The reason I want to do this, would be to be able to turn a light on if needed anywhere in the cabin or have a box fan running in whatever room I'm sleeping in during the often hot fall planting season.
Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.