Using a DC to AC Power Inverter with my Gas Generator

I’m looking at dc to ac power inverter with a built in charger function for our 2006 5th wheel. We already have a propane generator, but I would like to be able to use all our electric circuits with a large enough power inverter. I’m thinking of your 6000 watt 12 volt dc to 120 volt ac power inverter with battery charger and transfer switch will work. I was thinking of taking out the charger on the original equipment “converter” and using the one in the new power inverter to do that job, and wiring it into the house circuit. My question is, does it matter that I already have a main transfer switch because of the generator? And will the generator harm the power inverter when I run it? Also can I wire the power inverter directly to the house circuits? Also can you recommend a control panel to use in conjunction with a dc to ac 6000 watt power inverters so that the unit can be mounted in the battery bay and you can monitor it from the interior of the 5th wheel?

If you plan to use the generator at the same time as your power inverter with two transfer switches the concern will be for the possibility of back feeding. That could cause damage to the power inverter the generator and the electronics connected to the system. Basically when you have two transfer switches in your system you will need to set one as the primary and one as the secondary. The primary switch will have to have take priority so that two currents are not sent to the same device. Our transfer switch does not have the ability to be set as described but most sole transfer switches do, the best thing to do is to review the manual of your independent transfer switch. You also need to make sure that you do not have to charging currents being sent to your batteries, this could cause over charging and damage to the 12 volt or 24 volt batteries.

You can wire the power inverter directly to your house circuits, or you can us any type of sub panel box to wire the power inverter into your home system. Just make sure the panel can handle the load of the 6000 watts of the power inverter on the ac current side. You can mount the sub panel in the battery bay and circuits will be fuse protected against over load applied to the system.