Critique proposed solar battery upgrade
Currently have a Jayco hybrid (Jayfeather 26L) but moving to a Denali 5th wheel in the spring (2012 DE324LBS). Currently have 4 Trojan T125’s with 600 watts of solar, with a Kisae 2000 watt pure sine...
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Thanks for all the replies so far!
Running the fridge during the day would be the cherry on top, but isn't a deciding factor. Not ready to make the leap to residential fridge, as we do at least 2x trips a year where we'll leave the trailer at a nearby campground for a month on an unserviced site and do weekends - that's when LP is really nice, no issues with the fridge in the past few years.
Lithium Ion is a nice idea, but would at this stage completely obliterate any 'business case' justification even I could come up with, and I've made some whoppers over the years to convince the boss that I really need what I really don't need ;)
I guess the bottom line question after all this great input is, is there enough of a reason to switch from FLA to AGM given what I'm doing? Right now, my biggest worry is watching the inverter bottom out at 11.4 when running the coffee maker, and it bugs me... strange, I know, but different strokes for different folks. I have a 2k Yamaha genny, just don't like running it if I can avoid it.
Running the fridge during the day would be the cherry on top, but isn't a deciding factor. Not ready to make the leap to residential fridge, as we do at least 2x trips a year where we'll leave the trailer at a nearby campground for a month on an unserviced site and do weekends - that's when LP is really nice, no issues with the fridge in the past few years.
Lithium Ion is a nice idea, but would at this stage completely obliterate any 'business case' justification even I could come up with, and I've made some whoppers over the years to convince the boss that I really need what I really don't need ;)
I guess the bottom line question after all this great input is, is there enough of a reason to switch from FLA to AGM given what I'm doing? Right now, my biggest worry is watching the inverter bottom out at 11.4 when running the coffee maker, and it bugs me... strange, I know, but different strokes for different folks. I have a 2k Yamaha genny, just don't like running it if I can avoid it.
