Battery-generator-charging upgrades?
This year will be our longest boondocking trip to date 7-10 days and want to upgrade our camper for this trip. I'd appreciate some suggestions and feedback to make sure we spend our limited budget wis...
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time2roll wrote:
For the Trojans I highly recommend the PD9260-14.8 converter. This is a deck mount and can be mounted near the power center, possibly replace the Elixer unit directly, or mount near the battery. Connect to the same bus as the Elixer and let it rip.
http://www.bestconverter.com/PD-9260C-148-60-Amp
Good info from everyone, thanks!
On this PD9260C above, would it be just the charger or the converter, too?
If it is a converter, I have all my circuits and wiring under the fridge at the middle of the camper, batteries at the front.
In that case, I would do what? Remove the Elixir and insert the PD, but I didn't see distribution panel for the PD...maybe inside?
Then I would be requiring new heavy cable for battery to the converter/charger, right?
If it was just a charger, no problem. Just run 120v wires to it near the batteries and let it do its job. But as a converter, too, it needs to be near the distribution point of all the circuits as well as the 120v bus...all under the fridge.
The PD4560 suggested is a 240v version that I wouldn't need ;)
That is a depressing graph, but it's better to see it BEFORE owning the Boondocker, thanks.
HEre's a dumb question:
Is the top have the distribution panel and separate from the converter/charger? (I've never pulled it)
Mine looks similar to this pic
If so, then I'm really dumb and could probably work out the location either way. Please say I'm dumb, it would be a lot less work :)
