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6pac
Explorer
Apr 16, 2014

Lance 881

Has anyone ever gone into the bottom of a Lance 881 to see if there is any room for a extra battery or two?
Happy traveling
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    I would look under one of the bench seats. If you go with AGM type batteries just a simple vent for fresh air. If you stay with wet batteries then you would have to seal off the whole area and properly vent to the outside for battery fumes. A drain on the bottom to the ground somehow as well would be nice.

    The joys of the truck camper. Not much extra room for anything it appears. With all the stuff I carry on my trips I would most definitely have to drag a utility trailer behind the truck to support my habits.

    Roy Ken
  • YES..... I added 2 more batteries to my Lance 881.

    I put them in the area under the drivers side "wing" door. They fit just above the pull valves and plumbing fittings. There are two large wires "battery wires" going to the generator just accross from this area on the passenger side. They go directly to the othermain battery. I tied into them and connected them to the newly installed batteries.

    The set up works great and I can go quite a long time on the 3 battery set up. I can watch tv and direct tv with lights on for several hours and still run my cpap and a fan all night with no worries.

    No regrets.

    $100 in heavy guage wire red and black and splice material and shrink wrapping
    $100/ battery for 2 group 31 batteries