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Inverter/Charger has a pass through circuit when plugged in to shore power. Might as well use it at home or when plugged in to reduce battery cycles. Separate breaker will allow me to disconnect 120VAC to fridge while running off of inverter.

If you're going to haul a power station use it. My Engle and my Bluetti live under the tonneau over the truck bed. I added an Anderson panel mount to the truck bed powered through an ignition switched relay in the engine compartment. The power station gets charged when the truck is running...

Thanks, I will look at that site to see if it meets my needs. There is a local Victron dealer that I will use if his prices aren't too extravagant.

I am considering a van build from scratch, don't have the van yet, but would like to start designing the house electrical system. Does anyone have a recommendation for schematic diagram software to draw out the potential system. I expect several iterations so something easily expandable and...

I have Lodge, Outdoor Gourmet, American Camper and unbranded CI, they're all pretty much interchangable. If I need a lid for a 10.25 skillet I sometimes use the lid off of a 5 quart DO, sometimes I use an old SS Revere Ware lid handed down from my mom. For the 9 inch skillet I use an enamel...

No way I would use a tripod indoors. Depending on what burner you're using a flat bottom DO will just sit on the burner grate. If using a legged DO you might need to remove the grate and set the DO on the stove top to get it level. For small single burners you may want to use a folding trivit.

Powerwerx PanelPole2 is all you need for a 150 watt panel. Renogy, and most manufacturers, sell suitcase panels without charge controllers. Check on the manufacturers web site.

I have a Dometic CFX with their original app, maybe they've been improved. Every time you step out of range it disconnects and has to be manually connected, which means you have to walk back to the fridge anyway. I quit using the app years ago.

I believe that the Everest uses regulated high pressure so you'll need the original regulator to use a hose with a 1 inch high pressure connection or risk losing BTUs at the burner. The others use low pressure so you'll need a splitter between the tank and the low pressure regulator. The...

Parallel simply means that the batteries are connected positive to positive and negative to negative, the length or composition of the conductors is not mentioned. On my 208 Silverado the positive of the starter battery is directly connected to the master fuse on the firewall and the negative...

Don't know what you can get across the pond. There are still some old high pressure stoves over here that run on 15psig. Those regulators aren't available anymore so some folks are using adjustable regulators.

You can pull the individual units out of the panel and drill the box if a different configuration makes a more compact package. I think you need a 1 1/8 diameter hole for the individual unit.

The Acopower 120 watt panel, panel only, is currently on sale on amazon for $244.96. It meets my needs as stated above. I probably won't be able to do a real live test for a couple of months.

I have a similar need. I have a fully integrated PV system on the camper but wanted a portable panel to maintain the aux battery on my truck, which powers a 12 volt fridge. Like you I can't justify the cost of the true PV blankets so I got a 100 watt Dokio from Amazon, because it was cheap...

I've been trying to find an image or manual of your Magnatek but don't trust what I'm seeing on google. If you are using the entire box It should already have the 110 breaker panel and 12 volt fuse panel to support your needs. If you are only using the transformer from the box then you will...

Now I'm running a Dometic CFX 40. Before that I had a CF 25, which only ran on 12 volt. So when shore power was available I would put a charger on the battery, which was able to fully charge the FLA battery while keeping the fridge running, so I understand what you're doing. I would...

My question would be is the converter even needed. My fridge, if plugged into both 110 AC and 12 DC will select the 110 AC for power. In which case I would only need a dual110 outlet, essentially a dual outlet extension cord, to power both the fridge and the battery charger.

Thanks for the lead John.

You don't have to rewire the whole trailer to convert from 4 to seven pin. Just get a 7 pin trailer side plug, cut the light wires off of the 4 pin and connect them to the 7, run a charge wire from the the aux pin directly to your DC-DC charger, or the positive battery post if you don't have...

You can generally figure that Amp Houra @ 20 hour rate is slightly more than half of Reserve capacity @ 25 amps. There are formulas on the net if you want to get specific.