Hey guys.
Have a 2017 F350 Dually with a Cirrus 820 slide in camper.
I'm in the process of building a flat bed and want to integrate either a generator or battery power.
Here are my two ideas.
1. Diesel Generator
Truck has a 55 gallon Titan fuel tank and I can use an Onan RVQD3200 off the truck fuel tank. Hard mount this to the front of the flat bed in a sound enclosure box.
This is simple and has a lot of reliable power for as long as there is fuel in the tank. Downsides is they are expensive (6k) and noisy. I hate being the guy that starts up a generator at a small campsite so I can be spoiled with my A/C
2. Tesla battery setup
I own a salvage yard and have hundreds of tesla battery modules. I like the idea of setting something up where the truck has a heavy duty 2nd alternator that specifically charges the battery packs.
My thought is if I can have enough batteries to run the A/C for say 12 hours and have the truck run to recharge for the next night that should be enough in a worst case scenario.
I am not sure what inverter/charger setup I would need or how many battery modules. Something that could power the 12v system & 120v system of the camper at the same time...then also take say 24v from an alternator for charging.
Anybody have an idea of how much kwh I need? One battery module has ~5kwh
Thoughts???
Have a 2017 F350 Dually with a Cirrus 820 slide in camper.
I'm in the process of building a flat bed and want to integrate either a generator or battery power.
Here are my two ideas.
1. Diesel Generator
Truck has a 55 gallon Titan fuel tank and I can use an Onan RVQD3200 off the truck fuel tank. Hard mount this to the front of the flat bed in a sound enclosure box.
This is simple and has a lot of reliable power for as long as there is fuel in the tank. Downsides is they are expensive (6k) and noisy. I hate being the guy that starts up a generator at a small campsite so I can be spoiled with my A/C
2. Tesla battery setup
I own a salvage yard and have hundreds of tesla battery modules. I like the idea of setting something up where the truck has a heavy duty 2nd alternator that specifically charges the battery packs.
My thought is if I can have enough batteries to run the A/C for say 12 hours and have the truck run to recharge for the next night that should be enough in a worst case scenario.
I am not sure what inverter/charger setup I would need or how many battery modules. Something that could power the 12v system & 120v system of the camper at the same time...then also take say 24v from an alternator for charging.
Anybody have an idea of how much kwh I need? One battery module has ~5kwh
Thoughts???
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