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Flame innovation steelhead stove. Company based out of Idaho. Has an 18-in firebox. Love it. The strip lights are a toss up, somewhere off Amazon. Wired them up to a 12 volt dimmer. The entire structure is custom made. I have someone who builds the trailers here in Idaho.

mister_monster 1y ago

OK didn't see this before I replied to the other reply.

I want to wire everything 12v except refrigerators and a few plugs, all from an inverter. I've lived in RVs before, and there's a lot to like and dislike but that's one thing that was fantastic, everything is wired in 12v DC, I honestly hate high voltage AC, it's designed for long range tranission but in off grid on solar and batteries, wiring everything for AC to convert 12 or 24 volt DC to AC to run lamps that have LED bulbs that convert it right back is stupid. I'm not gonna do that.

I figured decent strips along exposed rafters and I want to wire and program up a controller to fade in, then dim to redshift then out at a certain time based on the date, longitude and latitude, that's a different conversation but I am interested in good quality LED strips.

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OFFGRID 1y ago

I've always wired the refrigerators to 12 or 24v. You don't want to turn your inverter off and lose your refrigeration. Run it directly off your DC.

mister_monster 1y ago

I see you use those chest refrigerators in your builds, they're pretty expensive, I was thinking 120v AC because I can get a lot of refrigeration for pretty cheap and newer ones are pretty efficient. Trying to do a self sufficient place for many people, and that means a few freezers.

OFFGRID 1y ago

Your inverter won't be your main weak point

OFFGRID 1y ago

Will*