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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With a separate alternator and remote voltage sense, you would not need the large cable. #6 AWG will carry 100 amps safely, but there will be a voltage drop. Remote sense is a separate small wire (#18) running from the battery terminal to the regulator sense input, the regulator increases the voltage output of the alternator until the battery terminal is at the required set point regardless of voltage drop in the charge cable. That system would also regulate the house battery according to its needs exclusively. Equalizing the state of charge between house and start batteries in not really ideal - you do not want to bring the start battery down to the same SOC as a discharged house battery.
How far to go to finesse the system is debatable. People have been camping with a simple #10 wire in their 7 pin harness doing the charging for decades. But there are much better ways available.
How far to go to finesse the system is debatable. People have been camping with a simple #10 wire in their 7 pin harness doing the charging for decades. But there are much better ways available.
