Power inverter for truck camping/living

I’m about to go on a couple month long trip in my camper setup on my first gen and I’m trying to get a power inverter to be able to charge my devices in the bed. Am I risking killing my battery? Should I not go higher than 400w or is 750 doable?
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks

 

First question - do you absolutely, positively need AC (alternating current)?

Most devices charge off of 12V DC, something your truck already has. All you need to do is run a new cable, fuse, and a couple of USB outlets.

To answer your question, drawing 400w is not advisable to do on your starter battery when the truck is not running. You would need a secondary battery for running that much power overnight.

 

What about something like a Jackery?

 

Get a 2nd deep cycling battery and an automatic battery isolator so both batteries stay charged when you are driving, and connect all of your “alternative” camping accessories to the 2nd battery. There are several good threads on the web to read up on it.

 

Solar panel and a LiPo battery. Any number of DC gadgets to charge phones etc.

 

Think long and hard just what you can not live without .

Do you really need an Inverter ?

Living in the Vehicle a 2nd deep cycle battery and isolator .

Always have a charged battery to start the truck.

 

I wouldn't want to go camping in my Tacoma as it is too small & has no cover over the bed. What I use is a bit different & have used it over the past few years here in Florida in the winter. The first picture is the battery bank.

 

Get a Jackery, which are on sale right now, and a generic 100w solar panel.

I have a panel permanently mounted on my truck camper shell, and ran the cable into the back.

Or you can just charge it from the cigarette lighter plug while your driving.

Plenty of power for charging devices, and you will have 120v plug in case you need it.

 

This depends on a lot of things.

Like what kind of devices?
Will your truck be parked a lot? Or will you drive every day?
You can go in a million directions.

This is my experience.
I go on frequent weekend trips but do longer trips from time to time.
I went on a 31 day trip a couple years ago through all the states surrounding Nevada. I never felt the need for an inverter. I have golf cart batteries (soon to be upgraded to Lithiums), a Redarc DCDC solar charge controller and 200 watts of solar.
My biggest power consumers are a not so efficient 12 volt fridge, CPAP machine at night, electric blanket (didn't use this much on that trip and when I do use it the fridge doesn't get used much because it's cold out).
And I had plenty of power. I've done almost 200 nights of camping with this set up.


This is luxury for me. My camping background is backpacking which I still do from time to time.

 

What he said above. I just bought a popup camper with a 100 watt solar, deep cycle marine batter, it also gets charged when truck is running, has a "switch" so power only goes from truck to second battery when engine runs. I too need a CPAP and added an inverter for that which runs it overnight. Everything else is 12

 

I found an adapter that goes from 12v to cpap power. .

I cut off the 12volt plug thing and hard wired it to my camper’s switch panel.

Here is the adapter- Resmed Airsense 10 Supplies, TAIFU CPAP Power Cord for ResMed Airsense 10 Power Supply 90W AirStart 10 CPAP BiPAP Machines & AirCurve 10 370001 37297 37207 Rockpals 300W/500W Airsense 10 DC Adapter https://a.co/d/eVN1lf3