Everytime I get something new to me I always dry camp in the back yard for a few nights... This is the best place I found to find out how things are suppose to work and I learn from all of this and not be too far from the house...
ALso found out a long time ago you just can't get something and head for the woods... It always got dark on me aorund 10PM when I did that.
Its all in the planning...
My battery bank is only 255AHs capacity and my re-charge source is a Honda 2KW Generator. We run all the things we want to have ON from my duty PSW 600WATT Inverter and have it planned out to reduce my battery bank down to its 50% charge state by 8AM the next morning. Then when allowed to run my generator we can get re-charged back up to the 90% charge state in just a three hour generator run time using the on-board PD9260C 60AMP converter/charger unit.
After the batteries get back up to their 90% charge state then I know for sure i can make it to 8AM the next morning when we re-charge everything all over again.
My next goal is add around 400WATTS of solar panels which will reduce my generator run time down to around one hour a day to get past the high current demand time from the battery bank. When the batteries start only wanting to use 6-8AMPS DC charging current then I can allow the solar panels to finish off my re-charge back up to the 90% charge state before I lose high sun...
This is our daily routine when camping off the power grid here on the East side of the US... Been doing this since 2009 and my three batteries are just now starting to slack off abit on performance...
All of my items are manual operated - no fancy smart electronics on my OFF-ROAD POPUP camper except the smart mode PD9260C Converter/charger unit... My three panel homemade battery monitor panel tells me what is happening...
I get my fill of NCIS every night...
Roy Ken
