Recent content by Bobert

Use a heat pad powered from the generator and insulate your tanks after as long as you start with 2 full 40lb tanks you shouldn’t have any trouble. We had a situation years ago where we had to heat a space for 2 hours with a 60,000 btu furnace. In -20 Fahrenheit temperatures. I would set a 20...

I am not an overlander but we do boondock most of the summer in the north east USA. My thought would be to do both.

I went to 48 volt and left my 12v system and battery and in place recharging the battery whenever the inverter is on. I like the redundancy I get with having a 12 volt system that still works if I exhaust the 48v system. There are efficiency losses this way but it has been worth multiple times...

I use 2 diesel heaters in my traavel trailer I was able to put a 15 gallon tank between the skirt of the trailer and the frame. A diesel heater takes up almost no room at all. You could probably do the heater thing and add an extra bunk or fantastic set of 30” dresser drawers.

How are your solar panels configured? What voltage do they output to your pwm controller. Pwm doesn’t work well unless you’re getting voltage in just the right range. What voltage are your batteries reaching with solar? What amperage is going into the pwm? Does the unit tell you how many amps...

Could you explain a little bit more. What batteries are you using. What’s your budget. What are you powering with the inverter. What are your future plans. Any of these factors could affect what inverter is preferable or cos effective. Most people don’t move to 48v for 2000 watts unless the have...

Your source for grounding information is relevant to higher voltage ac current. Most of the purpose for grounding is irrelevant to a 12v system. Millions of 12v electrical systems are in use every day that are not earth grounded in automotive and truck applications. Most of these systems employ...

do you have any slides or levelers? These often require substantial amperage to operate.

Yes we live near the Canadian border and we have noticed that -40 is a peacemaking temperature the US and Canada agree on what temperature it is, the Ferrell cats, dogs and other wild animals sleep together, nobody hogs the outhouse. and you hear very few arguments outside.

We routinely get -30 I didn’t remove mine just charged them up and disconnected them

Check the temperature in that location idling with the engine fully warmed up and facing the sun (similar to the conditions you will get stuck in traffic)

I live in an area where temperatures routinely drop below-20. Never had a breakaway battery last much more than a year. If the battery that runs the breakaway runs the tounge jack you have tested the breakaway battery every time you connect. I have no choice on my flat bed with a crank jack but...

I put in a 48v AIO. Out ac needs would really push the envelope of a 12v system. Instead of using a buck converter I left the entire 12v system in place. I love the redundancy. No ac loads that I have are absolutely necessary. If I didn’t have such simultaneous high use of ac current on a...

2/0 sounds about right for the inverter. 2000 watts at 12 volts is a lot of amps.

You will have losses between the charge controller and the inverter even with a aoi unit.