{"id":15704,"date":"2012-09-16T12:29:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T16:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=15704"},"modified":"2016-09-18T20:05:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T17:05:29","slug":"wait-a-minute-whats-that-symbol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wait-a-minute-whats-that-symbol\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait a Minute, What’s That Symbol?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was just about ready to hook up my new inverter when I noticed another connection on the back with a little symbol next to it.<\/p>\n

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The instructions for the inverter basically say, “Have a qualified electrician install it” and this discovery is a perfect example why.<\/p>\n

I have done tons of research into this project. I’ve spoken to the manufacturer, friends who know more than a thing or two about RV electricity, and I have scoured forums. I think that after all that research, more than one person would have noticed that connection and symbol and said, “That can’t possibly be important.<\/p>\n

Well, that connection and symbol surely are important and I have a ton more research to do. My mother knows a lot about 120V systems, but not 12V systems, and I know that grounding is different for both. Quick research tells me that this connection isn’t just a matter of connecting a copper wire from the inverter to the chassis.<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, the inverter instruction manual doesn’t make a single mention of the ground connection, not even in the diagram that explains read outs and connections on the unit.<\/p>\n

So I’ll get all the wiring passed today, but it’s doubtful I’ll be getting the inverter in. Darn, what a complicated project!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was just about ready to hook up my new inverter when I noticed another connection on the back with a little symbol next to it. The instructions for the inverter basically say, “Have a qualified electrician install it” and this discovery is a perfect example why. I have done tons of research into this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[632,810,6,635,718,9,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-chambly","category-homemaking","category-north-america","category-quebec","category-tech","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}