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07-02-2018, 04:48 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Fromberg
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Battery system upgrade
I got tired of our 160 ah 12 volt battery bank so I upgraded to 4) 6 volt 232 ah batteries from US Battery giving us 464 ah I mounted them across the front of the trailer in 2 long battery boxes and put a cutoff switch after them and then installed a 250 amp T fuse and hooked up a dedicated battery charger a Boondocker BD-1275-C 75 amp 4 stage charger to better charge the batteries. I then installed a positive distribution block and put another cutoff switch and breaker and put in a old 1000 watt inverter that I had. I also installed a negative distribution block and a 500 amp shunt that I will hook a Trimetric TM-2030Rv battery monitor to.
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07-02-2018, 04:54 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Palm Coast, FL
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Nice job! Looks great.
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07-02-2018, 05:23 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Modesto
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That’s some serious work. You done real good and should be proud!
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2012 Copper Canyon 273FWRET being towed by a 1994 Ford F350 CC,LB,Dually diesel.
Airlift 5000 bags, Prodigy brake control, 5 gauges on the pillar.Used to tow a '97 Jayco 323RKS.
Now an RVIA registered tech. Retired from Law enforcement in 2008 after 25+ yrs.
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07-02-2018, 07:52 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Fromberg
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It took most of 2 days to do it the 1/0 cables were a pain.
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07-03-2018, 05:53 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Richmond
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Wow very nice job, most of us do not trust ourselves enough to do that.
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Doug & Diane * Richmond,VA
2014 Keystone Cougar
M-315 High Country 5th Wheel
2014 RAM 2500 Laramie 392 Hemi
AirLifts
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07-03-2018, 09:44 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Columbia
Posts: 128
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Nice job! Wish I had the room to do that without using basement and agm batteries.
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07-03-2018, 05:40 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Joppa, MD
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Nice work! How much does that weigh?
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Marshall
2012 Laredo 303 TG
2010 F250 LT Super Cab, long bed, 4X4, 6.4 Turbo Diesel
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07-05-2018, 08:05 AM
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Fromberg
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I would say this setup weighs about 180 lbs more than the 2 batteries that I had in there before. As far as the setup I followed Ray's setup at Love your RV with only a few changes like the battery cutoff switch between the batteries and everything else and the positive distribution block I added that to the setup also.
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07-05-2018, 02:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 438
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Nice, what do you have, or plan to have for solar?
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Bill
2015 Ram 1500 Ecodiesel
2015 Cougar 26RBI
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07-06-2018, 09:38 AM
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Fromberg
Posts: 36
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Nothing yet for solar, but I would like to get 400-500 watts of panels on the roof and a Trimetric solar charger. Till then I will charge with the Boondocker charger.
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08-06-2018, 07:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Arizona
Posts: 233
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Very nice, and very clean setup. I did same thing sometime back. You will love it!
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08-21-2018, 03:47 PM
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Fromberg
Posts: 36
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Just a quick update on our system we have had 2 camping trips since the install and we can go 3 days using everything but the furnace and not go below 80% on our batteries and when we use the Boondocker charger it will jump right up to 50+ amps right off and then taper off it will still take up to 3 hrs to recharge the batteries if you leave it alone but if you let it go a hr or 2 and then unplug it and wait a few hrs then plug it back in it will jump up to a higher rate then what it was when you were charging before, this will shorten the overall charge time.
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