Folks,
I have the budget, so I am going the Victron route for my 5th wheel trailer.
Using the Multiplus-II and with the Lynx Shunt and Lynx Distributor.
I currently am using a Renogy DC/DC to isolate my trucks 9 pin battery power and the LiFePo4 batteries I am using (Li-Time/ ampere time).
It is set up to limit draw to 20 amps.
When I trace out the EXISTING 12V trailer wiring there are essentially two groups of loads seperated by a 30 amp automotive type bussmann fuse.
The battery feeds connects to a set of loads on one side of the busmman and the tow vehicle input feeds from the other side of the bussmann
The bussmann lugs are actually being used as multi connect terminal blocks.
I am going to tidy that up by using some actual terminal blocks.
My question is this.
Long range, I would like to upgrade my tow vehicle wiring to allow more current draw from the vehicle.
This would be a separate Anderson connector and 4 gauge wiring to the DC/DC connector.
So my questions are:
Should I feed that tow vehicle load in directly to the 12V circuits or into the Lynx distributor.
Currently the trailer loads are directly feed from the battery, should I pull the loads from the lynx distributor?
The only load that must pull directly from the battery are the brakes. Saftey requirement
Thanks
Andy
I have the budget, so I am going the Victron route for my 5th wheel trailer.
Using the Multiplus-II and with the Lynx Shunt and Lynx Distributor.
I currently am using a Renogy DC/DC to isolate my trucks 9 pin battery power and the LiFePo4 batteries I am using (Li-Time/ ampere time).
It is set up to limit draw to 20 amps.
When I trace out the EXISTING 12V trailer wiring there are essentially two groups of loads seperated by a 30 amp automotive type bussmann fuse.
The battery feeds connects to a set of loads on one side of the busmman and the tow vehicle input feeds from the other side of the bussmann
The bussmann lugs are actually being used as multi connect terminal blocks.
I am going to tidy that up by using some actual terminal blocks.
My question is this.
Long range, I would like to upgrade my tow vehicle wiring to allow more current draw from the vehicle.
This would be a separate Anderson connector and 4 gauge wiring to the DC/DC connector.
So my questions are:
Should I feed that tow vehicle load in directly to the 12V circuits or into the Lynx distributor.
Currently the trailer loads are directly feed from the battery, should I pull the loads from the lynx distributor?
The only load that must pull directly from the battery are the brakes. Saftey requirement
Thanks
Andy