Shore power

Sorry if this has been addressed. I'm no inverter expert and looking for a little advice.

I have a 2016 Volvo truck equipped with CAB POWER. There was no factory inverter installed, thus I had the dealership install my TUNDRA E2000 inverter.

They ran heavy duty cables from the truck batteries to the inverter with a heavy duty breaker in between.

They fabricated a cord that connects to the main CAB POWER input box with a 3-prong connector on the other end which plugs directly into the inverter, thus feeding power from the inverter to the CAB POWER box, which provides power to the 3 in-cab outlets.

The setup works fine on the road...

This weekend was the first weekend that I ran a power cord from the house to the CAB POWER inlet mounted on the outside of my truck. I unplugged the interior cord from the inverter and plugged it into the CAB POWER cord and it obviously powered up the outlets inside my truck.

What I want to know is this, utilizing this setup, how do I use the AC power coming from my house to keep my truck batteries charged?

Would running an additional small male to male cord from the inverter back to one of CAB POWER receptacles do the trick when I'm at home, thus keeping my truck batteries charged? Is the E2000 wired to trickle power back to the truck batteries? Anyone know?

Thanks for any help and I hope I made sense

 

Hi Scooter Jones, bummer man- I just read thru the manual for your unit(e2000).The user manual-in its 19 pages,says nothing about the inverter being a charger.It only states multiple times that it will auto shut off at 11 volts--------AND-------wont come back on till the batteries have been recharged above 11 volts.
Seems like you have a kick butt inverter-but not a inverter/charger.

http://tundrainternational.com/static/pdf/E_HD(i)_Guide_en.pdf

 

Yeah, that's what I figured. Oh well, I've had that Tundra for many years and it does the job.

However, looks like if I want the option of keeping my batteries charged up without shutting down the whole system at home is to buy an inverter while connected through the CAB POWER inlet with the trickle charging feature or buy a portable battery charger for the house that is strong enough to keep a trickle power source to the batteries.

 

Xantrex inverter will do the job, you can buy factory cables that plug into everything no cutting needed. Truck charges the batteries at 40a max when plugged into the shore power outlet.

 

Well, running AC power cord from my house to the CAB POWER inlet made the difference. The built-in fridge/freezer ran the whole weekend and there were no issues whatsoever. Truck started right up this morning.

 

As a follow-up, Tundra got back with me and I purchased a 70amp battery charging unit they make which integrates seamlessly with their inverter I have installed.

Should be delivered to my place by next week sometime.

 

Scooter Jones, Right on man,im glad that Tundra has the 70 amp unit which integrates w/their unit.It's always best to stick w/the same manufacturer if possible.Good job and hope it works well.