MOD - Front Porch Power Outlet
- Dan Goetzman

- Jul 8
- 1 min read
We often need 120 VAC power available on our "front porch" for something as simple as a electric box fan. This usually involves a 25' extension cord run from the campsite power pedestal over to the front porch. And if we are not connected to the grid, then all the 120 VAC power outlets from our Victron Multiplus Invertor are INSIDE the RV!
The solution was to add a duplex outlet accessible from outside the RV on the front porch! And it looks like this...


I ran two circuits, the left outlet is connected to the Victron Multiple Invertor and the right outlet is connected to the AC-OUT-2 on the Multiplus as that will only be live when we are connected to the grid. Giving us a choice if we need 120 VAC from the invertor, or direct from the grid. The advantage of using the outlet connected to AC-OUT-2 on the Multiplus is if we lose grid power, it will not have power and therefore it will not run down our battery bank power via the invertor.
The assumption is something like a box van is not an "essential" load we want using invertor power if we lose grid power!


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