Combination power converter-distribution panel unit for recreational vehicles

Claim 1

A combination distribution panel and power converter unit for recreational vehicles including AC and DC distribution circuits and power converter apparatus characterized by the ability of the unit to separate heat generating components from distribution components and permit access to the distribution circuits from within the vehicle interior and provide access to the power converter apparatus exteriorly from the vehicle interior comprising, in combination, a housing including a distribution portion and a power converter portion, said distribution portion including a primary partition, front extending sidewalls depending from said partition having flanged edges for mounting said housing within a vertical wall, said partition and sidewalls defining an electrical distribution apparatus receiving chamber, an AC circuit breaker mounted within said chamber having input terminals and output terminals, a DC distribution system within said chamber spaced from said circuit breaker having a supply conductor nd output conductors, receptacles mounted on said housing distribution portion respectively connected to said output terminals and said supply and ouput conductors, said power converter portion including rear extending sidewalls extending from said primary partition in the opposite direction therefrom with respect to said front extending sidewalls, a rear wall interconnecting said rear extending sidewalls in spaced relationship to said partition wherein said partition, rear extending sidewalls and rear wall define a power converter receiving chamber, a voltage reducing power converter transformer circuit within said power converter receiving chamber having a DC low voltage output, an electrical conductor connecting said low voltage output to said receptacles connected to said DC distribution system supply conductor, cover plate means mounted on said flanged edges disposed over said electrical distribution apparatus receiving chamber, an opening defined in said cover plate means providing access to said AC circuit breaker, and a door mounted upon said housing adjacent said flanged edges positional between open and closed positions selectively providing access to said housing distribution portion.