Victron DC to DC in engine compartment?

flyte63 wrote:
Has anyone mounted their DC to DC charger in the engine compartment of their truck? I’m looking at options for where to mount a Victron Orion unit to charge the camper batteries off the trucks alternator. My camper batteries are in boxes mounted to the truck bed and I was thinking that if the Orion was in the engine compartment it might be more efficient for wiring. I’m not sure about the heat from the engine or potential to get wet though.

Just and idea, and maybe a bad one- wondering if anyone has done this?

if you read the manual you re suposed to mount it as closed to the batteries as possible.

I would run a new wire from your truck batteries to the plug area and then a second set back to the battery compartment and put your dc to dc there. the reason is you will get line loss from the wires, it is better to have loss if you have to before the charger rather than after it converts it to your charge voltage.

Steve