2000 Beaver Patriot Ticonderoga

[Scott Hinote]

Hi everyone I’ve been paging through all the different year’s and model’s of our Beavers 🦫 . I’m looking for wiring diagrams for my Coach and I haven’t scene anything for my Coach . I see 1996 , and then it jumps to 2002 . Does anyone know how I can find the diagrams I’m looking for ? I had to replace my inverter, and my refrigerator last summer . I replaced my refrigerator with a residential one . I’m trying to figure out how how to get the only outlet I’ve got behind my refrigerator to be running off my new inverter, which is a Victron 3000 watts and 50 amps . I’m trying to get my refrigerator to operate while we are driving. So far I don’t even know what’s feeding the one outlet I’ve got behind my refrigerator . The only breaker inside my power panel that’s marked outlets, doesn’t feed this outlet . Right now I’m not sure where it’s getting it’s power from , the only way I can get it to power off is to unplug from Shore power . Thanks everyone my email address is crltnhinote@yahoo.com , incase anyone can help me .

[Richard Davis]

Scott
I cannot help with the wiring on your vintage coach since mine is an '06 model.  However, I can give you some advice from my experience of installing a residential fridge.  I first wired the fridge to the 3K inverter.  I did not like that solution since it required the large inverter to be on all the time.  (That large inverter consumes a lot of battery power even when it is not supporting any output.)  To solve he problem, I added a small Xantrex 1000 watt inverter dedicated to the fridge.  I am much happier with this configuration since it requires significantly less battery drain.  The only problem I encountered was with the Xantrex inverter coming standard with a GFCI power socket.  Refrigerators with ice makers and/or defrost heaters will trip the GFCI.  So, I replaced the GFCI outlet with a standard outlet and things have been happy now for 5 years.  Good luck with your conversion, you will be happy with a compressor type fridge.
Richard

[Scott Hinote]

Thanks Richard that’s not a bad solution . I’m probably going to end up doing what you did . So I understand right you purchased a 1000 watt inverter and connected it to your batteries, I would have also gotten rid of the GFCI .

[Scott Hinote]

Richard would you mind looking at this inverter I’ve picked out, it’s with Amazon . Cantrell 813-1000-ul Xpower High power inverter, and let me know if this is what your talking about, or maybe the information on the one you selected ? Thanks

[Richard Davis]

The Xantrex Xpower series 813-1000 would probably do the job.  I choose to go with the Xantrex Prowatt SW 1000 because it is a pure sine wave inverter.  The Xpower series of inverters are modified sine wave.  MOST residential refrigerators work just fine on modified sine wave inverters, BUT some may have sensitive electronics that would potentially have problems.  The pure sine wave inverters are more expensive, but I chose to go that way in an abundance of caution.  I also installed the remote switch so I could turn the inverter on or off from inside the motorhome.  You might also consider installing the Xantrex Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) with it plugged into your one power socket.  (You will often find the inverter, remote switch and ATS bundled together on Amazon.)  I like having the little ATS so that it automatically switches to shore power when I am plugged in and to battery power when not.  Good luck.
Richard 

[Paul Meehan]

Scott, not sure if any of the three schematics are helpful.  But this was all I had.

Good luck!

Paul

[Steve Huber]

Scott,
The ice maker of your original reefer (if it had one) was plugged in to a separate AC outlet that is powered by the inverter.
Steve

[Bill Lampkin]

Our coach has two circuit breaker panels in the bedroom. Fridge compartment has two receptacles, one powered by the inverter and on a GFCI  circuit. In order to preserve the GFCI function for the outlets in the basement, I moved the Romex to a spare breaker in the inverter panel, now marked refrig.