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Re: Most RELIABLE Diesel 1 Ton Truck???
Really it's personal preference but after researching the performance and reliability I chose the Duramax with the Allison transmission. Pulls our 30 foot 5th wheel over the continental divide in cruise control and almost lulls me to sleep.604Views0likes0CommentsRe: Inverter help
When I installed a 1000 watt in my 5th wheel I connected the plus and minus to the battery and grounded to the chassis. Wouldn't work. As soon as I disconnect the ground the thing works perfectly. I use it with adapter and connect it from the inverter out to the power input for the trailer, powering the whole house.585Views0likes0CommentsRe: Adding Inverter
One caution... I hard wired a surge protector last year. I added an inverter this year. The inverter has terminals for + an - and a ground post. I connected the ground to the chassis. The surge protector didn't like it when I turned the inverter on. Turns out that connecting bothe the - to the batteries and the ground to the chassis created a ground loop which caused the surge protector to do it's thing. I disconnected the chassis ground and it works fine.342Views0likes0CommentsRe: Adding Inverter
One caution... I hard wired a surge protector last year. I added an inverter this year. The inverter has terminals for + an - and a ground post. I connected the ground to the chassis. The surge protector didn't like it when I turned the inverter on. Turns out that connecting bothe the - to the batteries and the ground to the chassis created a ground loop which caused the surge protector to do it's thing. I disconnected the chassis ground and it works fine.333Views0likes0CommentsRe: LEDs are great BUT
I've installed led rope light above the cabinets both in my stick house and in the 5th wheel... the ones in the house have been up there for 7 years. I did have to replace one out of the 3 strings. The one string in the 5th wheel hasn't had a problem in the two years that it's been up.342Views0likes0CommentsRe: outback solar mppt controller
I live in an off grid home with 2400 watts ( and expanding ) of solar panels with and Outback 80 amp charge controller. I've maxed this controller out so as I add 800 more watts I'm going to add another in parallel. This controller comes with more user selectable operating parameter than is feasible to list. A simple answer is yes I'm very satisfied with Outback..... funny thing is I haven't added solar to our 5th wheel yet.... http://www.backwoodssolar.com/outback-80a-charge-controller320Views0likes0Comments
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