Ready to get my feet wet with Solar power

lc0338 wrote:

That is the thing, with the Rover concept I am sharing, you don't have to modify anything. You are using your shore power drop cord (whether from your 5th Wheel or Travel Trailer (TT)) and plugging into your Rover (via an inverter). Yes, you can leave your converter on, but it will be charging back your House batteries and Rover's batteries, in a loop of never ending return. Break the loop and it won't happen.

You can use your House batteries in your 5th Wheel and or Travel Trailer, to supply the DC portion of your needs for those campers. I was just proposing you use the batteries on your Rover, instead. The only problem with this, is you will eventually need to charge these House batteries too, either by turning your convertor back on (very inefficient for your the Rover batteries) or using your alternator while driving.

My camper is not modified and if I would wish to sell it, I would just put two batteries in the battery compartment, hook the cables that are hanging there (now with Anderson Connectors) to the batteries. I have two AGM batteries inside a cabinet inside the Camper, to keep them warmer in the Winter months and my other Solar Panels are now charging them every day. I can simply move them back to the Factory installed location, but cold weather saps their capacity. But we are complicating the project you have at hand.

Again, what I am proposing is no modifications, just rolling cart with batteries on the bottom and solar panels on the top, oriented like a table top that you use like a moveable Shore Power Pedestal that simply is not left behind at a campground, when you leave. It goes with you.

Good luck, need to go get my Kayak wet today and have some fun!

Fulltiming is a lot of work!

b