Planning for solar installation this spring
My TT comes with a single Interstate SRM-24 battery. We camped for one season so far and never really lived off the battery in any of the campground except for maybe an hour where I didn't plug in sh...
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SoundGuy wrote:
does your fridge have a climate control heater (probably does) and if so do you know how to turn it off? If it can't be turned off then you want to add your own switch so you can as that heating element will unnecessarily draw down your battery reserve when dry camping. Conservation is the key. ;)
I don't know the answer to that one, will have to go home and dig up the owner's manual to check, thank you for that suggestion.
If I don't plan to get an inverter, is there any advantage to installing the AGM batteries inside the storage area? We do tend to store a lot things down there and will hate to lose usable storage space. I understand the advantage of mounting the controller as close to the battery as possible. That's why I asked if the controller can be mounted externally. From what I read, I think the Grape Solar 40 AMP PWM can be mounted outside?
