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Instead of lever nuts I would go lugs, copper lugs. Do not solder them, use a crimper or a hammer and a flat head screw driver. Put...

Dreaming.... They are right, this is a fools errand. Stick with the inverter, they are efficient enough for what you are doing, and I...

I had a class C with the front half of box, about 7x7 foot area with bed over cab, and the 13.5 AC unit was still over-kill in a 120...

There is the diode in that little box too, or something. You will have to buy one and make modifications yourself if you want it...

If they say to use a fuse also then why not... Up to you. I only use the breakers. Fuses date back to when electricity was first used...

I think 9k is plenty enough as long as you are insulated, the glass being the biggest heat loss. I have a 9.2k Coleman Mach roof unit...

When you say existing car battery, you mean the trailer's battery and not your actual vehicle cranking battery? and by car battery I...

Is hard to tell from your pic if your roof is dirty, pitted, paint peeling off in the pits or if it is smooth. For others reading and...

sure, that is how it works. That is why people DO use it, but is not the topic of why people do NOT use it. If you buy a store bought...

You would need additional help/instruction with this but... you already have a battery. Can you strip the unit down and use the...

I think the reason is that for houses, when power goes out you want it to switch by itself, power does go out at times. In an RV, this...

I have a hard time to tell... is yours an aluminum roof? painted white. If is rubber or edpm membrane then you have to penetrate, if...

You might be fine, one thought... the AC unit will shade the panels next to it. I assume the two next to it are in series. Shading...

you can stop now, sometimes it can be helpful to disagree, but sometimes you are just wrong when you try to second guess things and info...

Sorry, you are wrong on all accounts, and I have never charged from shore power, I have solar, I have alternator. Everything I bought is...

They saw you coming at those prices... The only thing you did not over-pay for by much is the panels, which you paid $1 per watt. 70...

I would max out the solar. Get rid of the roof AC unit, do a mini split or rig up a window unit at the back or wherever. Any shadow on...

side note... I have never connected (breaker switch) the camper batteries to the alternator. Solar has always been enough. Consider...

I had a fiberglass truck camper (slide in camper, not a lid topper cover). There was literally no metal in the camper to ground to. The...

It might do it, but some say it can damage the battery over time. 450 cranking amps might be what your 5500 ask for. A lot for the...