Sorry no pictures this week, I tried to use my old camera and they all came out blurry.
School has kept me pretty busy so I haven't had much extra time. The forecast contains another cold snap and snow so I had to rejig the tarps. I still have a small leak in the loft area but I'll put up some plastic to fix that.
Both side walls are 98% covered with sheathing. I'm hoping to find time to finish them and get the Typar up before it gets cold on Tuesday. If I can get that done then I can heat the place and start working on the interior until it warms up again in mid December.
As you know I've been looking at inverter since starting this project. I picked up that ProSine 2500W for a couple of hundred but because it ran off 12v I knew I would be upgrading down the road. I've been looking at the Magnum MS4448PAE inverter because it has a very unique and handy feature. It will accept either 120VAC or 240VAC and output 240VAC. This is important because I want to use split plugs in the kitchen. The picture shows how a split plug is wired. This allows 15A to be draw by both plugs for a total of 30A but it can only be done if 240V is being used. If a 120V system was wired this way it would overload the white wire possibly causing a fire. Split plugs can be used on a 120V system but ONLY if both sides are split and it would require 4 wires.
So back to the story, a couple of days ago I found a Magnum MS4448PAE in the local classifieds. It's barely out of the box and comes with the control model. It gets better too!
About a month after I picked up the trailer the previous owner called me. She had a long shaft outboard (like for a sail boat) that she wanted gone. It wasn't running and the cooling pump wasn't working but I picked up up anyway. I didn't have time to working on it so I just put it in storage. What does that have to do with the inverter? Well the guy is looking to trade for a long shaft outboard. Guess I have some tinkering to do.
Both side walls are 98% covered with sheathing. I'm hoping to find time to finish them and get the Typar up before it gets cold on Tuesday. If I can get that done then I can heat the place and start working on the interior until it warms up again in mid December.
As you know I've been looking at inverter since starting this project. I picked up that ProSine 2500W for a couple of hundred but because it ran off 12v I knew I would be upgrading down the road. I've been looking at the Magnum MS4448PAE inverter because it has a very unique and handy feature. It will accept either 120VAC or 240VAC and output 240VAC. This is important because I want to use split plugs in the kitchen. The picture shows how a split plug is wired. This allows 15A to be draw by both plugs for a total of 30A but it can only be done if 240V is being used. If a 120V system was wired this way it would overload the white wire possibly causing a fire. Split plugs can be used on a 120V system but ONLY if both sides are split and it would require 4 wires.
So back to the story, a couple of days ago I found a Magnum MS4448PAE in the local classifieds. It's barely out of the box and comes with the control model. It gets better too!
About a month after I picked up the trailer the previous owner called me. She had a long shaft outboard (like for a sail boat) that she wanted gone. It wasn't running and the cooling pump wasn't working but I picked up up anyway. I didn't have time to working on it so I just put it in storage. What does that have to do with the inverter? Well the guy is looking to trade for a long shaft outboard. Guess I have some tinkering to do.
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