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Re: Arctic Wolf Fifth Wheels
We have a 265dbh8. Were on our fifth trip now. No issues so far and get compliments by EVERYONE on the looks and the night club ish blue led lights lol. Totally happy with ours so far. Great price for all the fancy stuff your getting IMO. Got ours for $31k otd with a 7 year bumper to bumper warranty.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Power Converter Question
Sandrider2 wrote: 25 amps should be plenty for your converter. I have a 40' Class A, with a monitor that shows how many amps I am drawing from the converter, and its very rare I draw more than 1.5 amps. All my lighting is LED, and that makes a big difference, but that big difference is still less than 5 amps. I presume you had hookups this last weekend? Or were you running generator? At any rate, as the other posts noted, finding your short/ground issue, and getting some new batteries are in order. If you choose to get 6v golf cart batteries, or L16's your batteries have the potential to last you many years. The problem we all face is how we get the batteries charged. Although there are some new "next generation" converters available that have a good 3 stage charger built in, they are certainly not the standard. Most converters just trickle charge your batteries. If you are running a generator, and using the converter to charge the batteries, that is a highly ineffective and expensive effort, that will likely never get them charges. Understand that a 25 amp battery charger is completely different than a 25 amp converter in that the converter will never charge the batteries at 25 amps. Consider buying a good battery charger. It will be a good investment for more than just your RV. Walmart sells one by Stanley that a decent 25 amp 3 stage charger, has an equalization setting as well (after you have a good battery bank, and a good charger, learn more about equalization). That Stanley sells for about $80. West Marine also has a charger, its their West Marine house brand, its a 30 amp and sells for about $130. If your batteries are low, and you choose to run your generator for power, a good charger helps give the batteries a good kick in the relatively short amount of time we run our generators. If you enjoy dry camping (boondocking, camping without hookups) you become power conscientious. LED lights are great, try to put them in the light you leave on the longest. Solar panels are battery chargers. They have become quite inexpensive in the last few years. I just added 1100 watts on the utility trailer I pull, for only $527. Brand new, first quality panels, at a dealer. Up to about 250 watts, they are trickle chargers for your batteries, your batteries will always be full and ready for your next outing, and that helps them last longer too. If you can fit 250-500 watts of panels, You will have up to 25 amps of charging for your batteries for 4 or 5 hours a day. This is a huge difference, and almost enough to live on. Make sure they are mounted on racking made for solar panels or something equivalent, that allows air to circulate under the panels and keep them cool. They are much less efficient if you don't do this, and they help heat up the rv instead of providing shade like they should be doing. Good Luck to you, I hope my opinions on these topics help. I admit I am a bit biased after 20 years of work in the solar industry. IMO there is just no substitute for good quality batteries (Trojan T-105's or L16's), and a good quality charger. If you can keep them from dropping below 12.2 or 12.3, then the T105's can last you 5 years, and the L16's almost 10. Are you recommending to plug the battery charger into the generator then to the batteries while its running to charge up the batteries?208Views0likes0CommentsRe: Should we buy used 5th wheel
We bought our Fifth Wheel new, 7 year bumper to bumper warranty. 33k otd. Plenty of room to haggle on RV's. My LBZ duramax is 10 years old with only 100k miles and probably will outlast me. I expect atleast half a million miles. It was only 23k. Id get a proven truck(LBZ dmax, 5.9 cummins, 7.3 powerjoke) and a new 5er with a warranty. Its nice to say fix my $hit on your trailer which everyone knows will have issues and not pay a penny because you bought new. Trucks will last a lifetime. Trailers will leak forever.1.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Resi Fridge draining batteries, please help.
Update: I went with 6 energizer gc2 6 volts wired in series/parralel, which gives me 690 AH. I charged them for 2 days on shore power prior to my trip and today I got 15 hours out of them and they still read 12.45 volts and 2/3 on my battery monitor. I havent setup my 2 100 watt solar panels yet either and im guessing with solar I should be able to hit 24 hours. The 2 24dc batteries that came with it felt really light compared to the golf cart batteries. I think next step will be 2 more 100 watt panels and a nice 4 stage "smart" converter. Thanks for the help.542Views0likes0CommentsRe: 12 Volt Solar panel for 4 6v batteries in series parallel
No not disregarding at all. Just have a 3 day boondock coming up soon and don't have big cash to spend on a nice solar system yet. I'm not going to mount on the roof yet, just place on top upon arrival. The renogy solar kits look to come with alligator clips or O rings to attach to battery terminals. Just wondering which terminals of the 4 batteries that I would attach too and if its ok.108Views0likes0CommentsRe: 12 Volt Solar panel for 4 6v batteries in series parallel
Thanks. So which battery terminal would I hook up the alligator clips? I think I'm going to go with 200 watts solar and a 30a controller. it says it can handle up to 400 if we need more power. In the long run if I do a nice system like yours (1000W solar) all i would have to replace is the controller and buy more panels correct?108Views0likes0Comments12 Volt Solar panel for 4 6v batteries in series parallel
I decided to go with 4 6v gold cart batteries wired in series parallel to increase my amp hours to run a residential fridge. Can I use a 100 watt 12v portable solar panel to help charge the battery? If so how would I wire it? Thanks8.7KViews0likes20Comments
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