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nice rig, does it have a dual alt setup? you could swap one of the alts out for 24v and let it dumb charge while driving.. with that big of a bank you dont really need to have a DC-DC charger IMO.. its going to be mostly bulking it up and rarely floating it I'd suspect.. so a nice multistage dc...

Is this a truck camper or a trailer camper or what? Need this info, but I'm also curious what monster is carrying all these batteries and solar panels.. Personally I'd do seperate 24v house system, keep vehicle 12v and switch fully to Solar or Generator charging.. there is a reason why all the...

at some point just put wheels on it and get a trailer.. FWIW with an extra 3ft of leverage on your hitch, using your tongue capacity as a ceiling is going to be rather optimistic at least.. put nice over-rated radial tires on a small 4x6 trailer and the'll cruise highway speeds w/out stress if...

Good luck regulating 5000W (>415A) of surge current.. Your just going to have to convince your committee that the safest thing is to throw your inverter in the garbage because whatever you try to bolt onto it is going to be a bigger danger than just buying the proper gear... so they can have...

I tested my BMV-712 for this w/my dumb charger.. I used both battery voltage monitors to measure voltage on both sides of the charge relay.. I had it cut the relay at 14.4v and the power supply was 14.6v.. it would latch because once it dropped the battery from the charger the charger side would...

Might check out Eberspaecher's offerings.. Looking at your heater, I see it comes with intake and exhaust mufflers/silencers.. you try taking those off? Perhaps the install is not getting enough air across on the combustion side of the heat exchanger and thats why it keeps faulting out and...

I had this issue towing w/my hatchback, extended the tongue and never regretted anything.. just made it more stable at speed and easier to backup if anything.. I had a bosal hitch on that so extending it further back wouldn't work and I was already pushing the tongue limits.. an extension off...

yeah i got a couple of those cargo bars too for keeping gear in place.. hadda get the really long ones for moving trucks and cut em down a lil bit, normal truck bed width ones were too skinny for mine. I never trusted the buddy heater to sleep w/it, and it was a PITA to get running at...

Probably not, the 6 by its self will keep my bigger double tip out warm for most of the time with reflectix insulation in the popout.. it starts falling a short on edges of seasons when it gets down into single digits outside but I'm also high altitude so none of this stuff outputs full BTU for...

Ive got a ceramic PTC, if you wanted ultimate silence an oil filled radiator would work really well.. just get an analogue one w/out digital controlls so it will come back on after a power outage.. Ive never ran mine off generator, that would be too much noise because it'd be running full...

were you trying to use the heatstrips in the AC? yeah those are terrible just use a normal space heater.. I got a wall mount one just so I didnt have to find a place to store it, but the added bonus its on own circuit.

check this out for some performance comparisons to the good ole trusty GC2: https://battlebornbatteries.com/comparison-one-battle-born-lifepo4-battery-two-6v-gc2-batteries-series/ If your going to rely on Alternator charging as your anchor I think you should try to shoot for that 0.4C charge...

This is what I'm saving up for: http://zodi.com/hot-showers/extreme-shower I dont see why you couldn't carry drinking water in something like this, I can buy a permanent mount stainless steel water tank for my camper.. as long as the fittings and tubes are ok for potable use..

You can do that with a cooler too.. its just you burn through ice quicker.. however in a fridge you'll burn through power quicker too.. I can hypermile a fridge to last off minimal power for quite a while if its packed full of pre-chilled beer, same with a cooler.. but when I gotta chill the...

Ive always bought the biggest I could fit in the space allocated, this time around my trailer is big w/no space issues so I got the largest one.. once packed full of chilled food/liquids it dont seem to consume any more power than my smaller ones did or run any more frequently.. the compressor...

There's varying reports on altitude success with tankless LP camp style ones, with some digging I found enough reports of people struggling to get em going and 10kft is pretty average around here, I'll go up to 12k and dont wanna guinni pig that stuff.. I was only willing to go for it if it was...

4x4 with Severe Snow rated AT's will exceed any requirements, the'll shut the roads down beyond that. There's forest roads like the one out to CU Mountain Campus in Pingree Park that are "open" all year long.. but thats a relative term, during or right after snow it might not be passable as...

@shade yeah, thats more than mine.. ~$3740ish for 100AH BattleBorn w/650W HIT Solar and Honda 2200 Generator and 1200VA Inverter and a few more bits and pieces (battery monitor/relays/ac charger) and I spared little expense. Ive got fridge/ice maker/coffee...

Vehicle Trails? lol.. Traction laws are in effect for any of the paved mountain highways, meaning you need to carry chains if thats not a 4x4 just to travel through the eisenhower tunnel... if you interfere with traffic because your not prepared for the weather its nearly a 4 figure fine the'll...

First of all your LFP battery wont run a 2000W (166A) inverter with a 100A max output.. you'd want at least two LFP's for that. Most of LFP's value as a boondocking bank is its ability to charge fast as hell, Ive got 650W of solar for my 100A LFP.. lets me dump about 40A of charge current into...