Query about 240 volt on site power for lighting

Hi Johno, I believe your lights will run off your 12v batteries. Your 240v should control your Air Con ,Fridge ,Water heater , ect. Your water pump will also be 12v only. The 240v should charge your battery when it is connected at a camp grounds, Hope this helps

Happytruck

Hi Johno
Yes if you want lights it needs to be.
Your lights can only be 12 volt. There are no lights that I know of that will run off 240 and or 12 volt Three way fridges will run on 240, gas or 12 volt and not very well on 12 volt. Compressor fridges usually are 12 volt and some 12 & 240 Air cons 240 only, Television either is a 12 volt or 240volt will not operate off both. When 240 is connected to your van the battery gets charges to run the 12 volt lights & 12 volt appliances.
If you purchased your van from new I would like to think that your Jayco dealer would have gone through all the operations.

Daz

With the advent of cheap and efficient LED lighting, there is less and less reason to have 240V electrics in a caravan at all.

In the past 12 volt lighting was pretty piss poor, to get any sort of viable light output 240V was needed.

All the LED lighting technologies to date are DC native and running them off 240v just makes them less efficient.......in this day and age a caravan manufacturer would have rocks in their head to install 240V lights.

cheers