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life passes by too quickly to not live in freedom
It is. I’d do something inside to make it safe. Id never suggest depending on that cover on its own merits! ??
The travel trailer project begins.
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Hi there,
I have a 2022 14CC and plan on doing the exact same conversion. My biggest hold up is the power coming from the tow vehicle. I dont want to connect a Lithium battery to the 12V vehicle system. I have heard many bad stories about this. The plan was to wire in a DC DC charger but I am struggling to find a way to bring all the 12V wires from under the trailer to inside the trailer.
How and where did you drill the hole to make it from the bottom of the camper to the inside? Why did you decide not to get a DC DC charger for the vehicle connection?
edit: My WFCO came Lithium ready. It had the lithium AC DC converter already installed from the factory.
And I did actually see where you routed the wires up through the floor. What’s the black cable/hose next to the ground and positive battery wire?
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There is no harm in the power coming from the tow vehicle....it is just the lack of power coming from it. I don't have a dc-dc as it does not suit my style of rving at this point. The lifepo4's do charge off the tow vehicle but very little at about 7amps per hour and I'm ok with that. I have a generator to top them off when needed and most of the time when needed we need the AC unit to run as well to cool the rig off so the lifepo just charge at that time at a rate of 50amps. We have one 200ah lifepo4 in our rig. Perfect for those overnight stays at a harvest host or cabelas between running from rv resort to the next.
12VoltInstalls
life passes by too quickly to not live in freedom
That, and the size of that charging wire. A lowered-voltage lithium battery is almost a short. In reality, if the charge wire is properly fused there isn’t a danger. The same resistance in the wire that keeps it from charging well is a buffer, too. That’s my view.
Use a plastic junction box made for this, and drill through the floor in a hidden spot under where all the electrical services are. Feed up from there. The box is made for the 7-wire trailer towing connector but it’s wicked handy for other low voltage purposes.
My preferred method is to drill a hole for a 3/4” plastic conduit connector and install it with 5200 (or 95% of the time: loktite polyurethane caulking which will outlast anybody reading this today). I use a conduit stub to go up through the floor and stick up about 6” through a tight-fitting drilled hole- no mice issues and you can caulk the underside.
You’ll want a selection of bare crimp #6 or #8 ring terminals in probably 2 or 3 wire gages. Very serviceable.
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