Getting Batteries and Propane Off Tongue
Hi All, Experienced Class A'er, but recently got our first TT, a 30' keystone and in the process of getting ready for a long (8 months-ish) trip in the US. I'm installing inverter, larger golf c...
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Re-inventing the wheel sometimes may not be the way to go...
PROPANE TANKS definitely need to be installed outside somewhere for safety reasons. You also will want the PROPANE tanks mounted in a easy to get to area for changing those heavy things out...
Wet cell battery banks need to be able to vent to the outside as well as to the ground in the case they have been over charged and boiled out fluids... Your batteries also need to be in a place where you can do almost daily monitoring and maintenance on them if you want them to last for long life...
Almost all TT trailer have the PASS-THROUGH storage area adjacent to the tongue area and this is where you would want to mount your high wattage POWER INVERTERS using heavy gauge cables. Then you can route your 120VAC cabling to anywhere needed in the trailer. If your planned high wattage POWER INVERTER is more than a 1000WATTS you are going to need more than a couple of deep cycle batteries... Even a 1000WATT POWER INVERTER will want to draw around 85AMPS DC Current fully loaded down... You may already know what a 8AMP Propane Furnace 12VDC Heater Fan does to your bettery setup over night... A 2500WATT POWER INVERTER will want to see a couple hundred AMPS of DC Current to operate at full load...
Weight Distribution Hitches are a must have item to handle the heavy tongue weights...
Roy Ken
PROPANE TANKS definitely need to be installed outside somewhere for safety reasons. You also will want the PROPANE tanks mounted in a easy to get to area for changing those heavy things out...
Wet cell battery banks need to be able to vent to the outside as well as to the ground in the case they have been over charged and boiled out fluids... Your batteries also need to be in a place where you can do almost daily monitoring and maintenance on them if you want them to last for long life...
Almost all TT trailer have the PASS-THROUGH storage area adjacent to the tongue area and this is where you would want to mount your high wattage POWER INVERTERS using heavy gauge cables. Then you can route your 120VAC cabling to anywhere needed in the trailer. If your planned high wattage POWER INVERTER is more than a 1000WATTS you are going to need more than a couple of deep cycle batteries... Even a 1000WATT POWER INVERTER will want to draw around 85AMPS DC Current fully loaded down... You may already know what a 8AMP Propane Furnace 12VDC Heater Fan does to your bettery setup over night... A 2500WATT POWER INVERTER will want to see a couple hundred AMPS of DC Current to operate at full load...
Weight Distribution Hitches are a must have item to handle the heavy tongue weights...
Roy Ken
