DIY project, Electrical diagram, help needed!
I'm building my camper van on a Ford E250 extended platform with high top. Haven't bought any electrical stuff yet. When I'm done building this thing, I will be boondocking (nothing crazy) but a...
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evy wrote:
Wow thanks for all the info guys, I have a lot of reading to do.
In the meanwhile, can I get your opinions on these things?
Solar power 510w
2-6v agm 200ah (400ah total)
P.s. sorry the solar power page is french, but you can make out the obvious, if ypu have any questions ask me I'll translate it.
Nothing wrong with the golf cart batteries, and often they're about the best bang for the buck for deep cycle lead-acid batteries (speaking generally). If you can make do with flooded vs. AGM batteries, which may not be practical for your situation, you could save a good chunk of change at the expense of a little more maintenance. Flooded batteries do have somewhat more stringent mounting and ventilation requirements and have a little different performance characteristics.
Be aware that when you connect two 200 Ah 6V batteries in series to get a single 12V battery, you do not get a 400 Ah 12V battery, but rather a 200 Ah 12V battery. The voltage is increased, but the charge capacity is not as the current needs to flow through both batteries. (You could also connect them in parallel to make a 400 Ah 6V setup, but that is not useful for an RV as nothing is designed for 6V work. The theoretical energy storage in either of these cases is identical at 2.4 kWh.)
