If you are looking at some RV Inverters to determine whether it's compatible with your needs, you might discover that your appliances are rated in amps and your generator's output is rated in watts. If that is the case, simply remember: Watts=Volts x Amps and Amps=Watts x Volts. This might help you make your decision.

Good modern RV inverters may actually help lengthen the life of your RV equipment. The better inverters also do their job without incessantly buzzing like some of the older models tended to do. The newer motors run cooler and softer and with minimal harmonic distortion. Don't be frivolous about this purchase if you are in the market for a new inverter.

Before RV Inverters, RVers Rigged Their Own Cars

At the tail end World World I, Americans jumped on the road and began camping out of their cars, adding tents, beds and cooking facilities to their cars. As early as 1920, RVers would camp in uncomplicated wooden house structures that they would build at home and attach to their model T's. This idea of having a so-called home on wheels actually dates back thousands of years, but I am fairly certain early Nomads didn't conceive of a fully loaded RV with the type of amenities available today.

The horse and wagon can be construed as an early recreational vehicle. Those who settled the West hitched their wagon to their stallions and galloped across the country, stopping along the way to sleep and eat in their version of the cab. This idea of efficient travel and exploration is something intrinsic in people, something that feeds us from the day we are born.