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dlsnow
Nov 02, 2013Explorer
mena661 -
Yes sir/maam although in reality it is a converted greyhound bus so we have alot of storage space and fully loaded we are still at least 10,000lbs under GVWR.
We are fulltime boondocker fulltimers and love to run our air conditioner, coffee maker, blender and rice cooker off the sun. The big battery bank helps minimize voltage drop while heavier loads are running.
We removed both the shore power connection and the generator so the storage of energy is important in case there is a string of cloudy days. We were able to weather 14 days of heavily overcast days last year with our two old deka 8a8d (250AH). We should be a little better off with this bank. I have it estimated at 1240 AH but havent run it down much less than 84%. I am letting the batteries sit and cycle for a few weeks then I will check the setup again to see how it has all settled in.
Thanks again to all for all the research and price shopping and such.
Yes sir/maam although in reality it is a converted greyhound bus so we have alot of storage space and fully loaded we are still at least 10,000lbs under GVWR.
We are fulltime boondocker fulltimers and love to run our air conditioner, coffee maker, blender and rice cooker off the sun. The big battery bank helps minimize voltage drop while heavier loads are running.
We removed both the shore power connection and the generator so the storage of energy is important in case there is a string of cloudy days. We were able to weather 14 days of heavily overcast days last year with our two old deka 8a8d (250AH). We should be a little better off with this bank. I have it estimated at 1240 AH but havent run it down much less than 84%. I am letting the batteries sit and cycle for a few weeks then I will check the setup again to see how it has all settled in.
Thanks again to all for all the research and price shopping and such.
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