Generator vs Battery/Inverter/Solar
We have just purchased our first truck camper - a used 2007 Lance 845 and have a couple questions that I hope you can help us out with. The camper is still at the dealer and we're considering having a...
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Not a big deal if you are carrying a camper AND the wiring between the starter battery and the camper battery is large enough (low enough resistance) for the alternator to "see" the camper battery.
Wire up with normal wire, like 6 AWG and the camper battery may not draw down the starter battery fast enough to prevent the truck going into econo mode.
To recap: to keep a camper battery happy, you need:
-- Constant voltage/variable amperage. (The voltage of your truck should be as close as possible to the absorb voltage of your camper battery.)
-- A low resistance party between the starter and camper batteries so that they appear to the alternator as simply one big battery.
And, of course, the batteries need to be isolated when not under charge.
Wire up with normal wire, like 6 AWG and the camper battery may not draw down the starter battery fast enough to prevent the truck going into econo mode.
To recap: to keep a camper battery happy, you need:
-- Constant voltage/variable amperage. (The voltage of your truck should be as close as possible to the absorb voltage of your camper battery.)
-- A low resistance party between the starter and camper batteries so that they appear to the alternator as simply one big battery.
And, of course, the batteries need to be isolated when not under charge.
