Thanks for all of the suggestions. Seeing all these good ideas I decided to wait until I could get one of those marine pass throughs to do it right. So in the meantime I mounted the shunt and display in a somewhat waterproof box in the diamond plate tub. I think I’ll do a little more research and add some flexible solar…
You would run out of water well before the pump would draw significant amount of power from your 125 available amp hours of your battery. It only uses power when running.My pump is off when the trailer is under tow.The Alde uses between .02 and .06 of an amp, again, only when actually running. If if cycles on and off and…
After spending several months reading every page in this forum (seriously!), I received my new T@B last Friday; 11/11/16. For those of you interested in the order to receipt date, I ordered it on August 23rd. I bought the base T@B but upgraded the axles to the Outback version (somewhat elevated from the standard) and…
I'm "that guy" around here. I used my grp 24 LA battery for 2 years, then upgraded to a grp 27. I personally think the Lead Acid battery is a great workhorse. It's cheap, reliable and easy to maintain. There are downsides but not many. The capacity has (IMHO) much less of a role to play than many people think. Regardless…
I have a 100 AH Lithium battery setup and 200 watts of solar. The lithium battery tends to run about 1 volt higher (~13.4 VDC) than a lead acid battery. I do not have the charge wire connected from the tv to the T@B because the alternator doesn't put out enough voltage to even begin to charge the lithium battery. I usually…
Pardon the above title as that is more of a play on humor, yet I feel a discussion like this could be a catch all if you will, would be helpful and allow others and people like myself a means of asking those of you who are tech savvy, seasoned/astute solar users questions and getting valuable information and insight…
I've got a 2005 Forest River travel trailer sitting on a lot out in AZ and we installed a 2000 W inverter charger and a solar controller in a kitchen cabinet and the 4-6 volt batteries are sitting beneath the trailer below ground (for cooling in the desert heat) in a waterproof box. I have two 235 W monocrystalline panels…
@BigGrover, I have a yearly campsite in a campground without electricity (except to the office building and restrooms). I do have city water to the 400 so I don’t need to use the water pump, and I use few of the built-in lights. I have four clear Luci lights (solar lights that I put outside every day for recharging). The…
I have a 2018 T@B 400, so my answers may not be as pertinent to your situation as someone with a 320, but I'll answer what little I can! We just had NuCamp install a 190 watt solar panel on the roof of our camper, and we have the dual 6 volt AGM batteries. Personally, I would aim for no lower than 50% discharge because…
IMHO, this isn't advisable and could create some safety issues as well as end up damaging things if a miscue is made. For all practical purposes you'd be better off to keep the trailers electrical system and circuitry isolated from an inverter and consider either adding two 6-volt batteries to boost your power capabilities…