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    2020 Ram 5500 DIY Composite Panel Camper Build Thread

    It showed up last week after an 8 week wait Haven’t really installed or used it yet
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    DC Electric Water Heater with Heat Exchanger

    That sounds awesome! Never heard of such things and don’t know anything about it, but sounds like it would work for me as well. Any advice on what to research? Thanks
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    DC Electric Water Heater with Heat Exchanger

    That’s a dang good idea and I bookmarked your build thread to read it later. thanks
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    DC Electric Water Heater with Heat Exchanger

    Not anymore really... With the advances in solar efficiency, affordability, and the ability to draw lithiums down really low without damaging them, more and more folks are going with induction cook stops and getting rid of propane all together. My last camper (Brand new 2018 FWC Hawk) used...
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    DC Electric Water Heater with Heat Exchanger

    There's some flawed, and straight up wrong information in this post. It most definitely can be done, and easily at that. This is a pay to play type of thing. Good things don't come cheap. I won't argue paper specs on here, like so many seem to love to argue about, but i will argue real world...
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    DC Electric Water Heater with Heat Exchanger

    Exactly! I agree 100% Im fully solar and electric everything except for the furnace, which is plumbed right to my fuel tank.
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    DC Electric Water Heater with Heat Exchanger

    Hardwiring something into already existing electrical system sounds like a lot of headache to you and instead you’d rather add additional gas sources and batteries?? Ummmmmmm
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    2020 Ram 5500 DIY Composite Panel Camper Build Thread

    Oh I see. Yeah, that makes sense
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    2020 Ram 5500 DIY Composite Panel Camper Build Thread

    I drove the F550 and the Ram 5500 in the same day and the sound deadening in the Ram was night and day better was a large part of my decision for it
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    2020 Ram 5500 DIY Composite Panel Camper Build Thread

    Because I’m fancy, I just adjust the idle speed right on the dash with mine. True story #2020stuff #noyellowcableneeded
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    2020 Ram 5500 DIY Composite Panel Camper Build Thread

    I'm running 4awg (not 4/0) which is ample for 60amps. I have about a 12ft run from truck batter to the Sterling in my camper, and I've tested it with a solid consistent 58amps in real life, not on paper.
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    2020 Ram 5500 DIY Composite Panel Camper Build Thread

    Victron also makes 50a and 100a DCDC chargers called the “buck boost”. I had considered them because I love Victron stuff, but couldn’t find anyone actually using them to get real world feedback and they’re obscenely expensive...
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    2020 Ram 5500 DIY Composite Panel Camper Build Thread

    Agree 100%. That's literally exactly what I said id be going! :D As mentioned, This is just test. And, there would be ton more brackets to distribute the load evenly so there were no “point loads” This particular spot isn’t load bearing, and not weight would ever be on it. For the ones...
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    2020 Ram 5500 DIY Composite Panel Camper Build Thread

    My toilet finally arrived, after an 8 week wait because of the Rona. I think a sign of getting old is when one gets excited to receive a freaking toilet! Hahaha I went with the AirHead composting toilet. Many have asked why not the Natures Head. The Airhead is better for a wetbath, much...
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    2020 Ram 5500 DIY Composite Panel Camper Build Thread

    Making some progress... I am doing a majority of the interior with 8020 extrusions (15 series) because of simplicity, and modularity. I can move things around and change them as i see i need to or if i dont like something. One thing i struggled with was fastening the extrusions to the wall...
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    2020 Ram 5500 DIY Composite Panel Camper Build Thread

    Kind of an odd choice to run two 30 amp chargers separately connected, versus one 60 amp charger. Sounds like someone totally overthinking something and making things a lot more complicated than they need to be honestly
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