Debating House and Shore power in my rig. Any advice out there? Anyone have thoughts on streamline setups?
What I already have:
1. Parking pad at the front of my driveway which has a nice 15 amp outlet which I put in for my SMB. Worked great. We'd roll home, plug in and it would keep things topped off til next trip.
2. I've been told getting a power cable from the engine bay into the driver's seat area is pretty easy without drilling.
3. Holes are in the back bay floor with rubber plugs. Pull out super easy. Note to self down ever put the back bummer of a Sienna underwater; it'll flood.
4. Sienna already has a small 120V power inverter built in if I need i
Goal:
1. Keep the engine battery in good shape when not being driven.
2. Have 120 V power available inside when shore power is connected.
3. 12V house batteries with 30 amp hrs storage
4. Two 5V USB ports from House batteries
5. Keep cabin space loss from power setup to a minimum.
Not needed:
1. I don't ever see any need for more 120 V power unless hooked to shore power
2. Looked at ways to get a power cord from solar inside. Does not seem like a option I want to pursue.
3. I started looking at Blue Sea ACR for house battery install but got pretty unexcited about it all. Too much space and a bit deeper than I want to get and started to feel beyond my skill set.
Goals 3, 4, and 5 - I'm looking at getting a 400 W plug and play product like Goal Zero Yeti 400 but probably Li-ion.
Goal 1. I'm thinking of putting in port on the front bumper, put in a Y splitter, Split 1. Going to a trickle charger mounted an engine battery charger in the the engine bay.
Goal 2. Split 2. Would go to a 3 prong extension cable for "house battery" charging, and other charging and power when connected to shore power.
Questions:
1. With Goal 2 plan there are applications available which all have 3 prong connectors or I can custom wire. The 3 prong seems very convenient however do I need to ground the AC power coming in to the chassy?
2. Goal 3,4,5 - Is there a House battery setup I should consider? 100 amp hour AGM batteries have become pretty reasonable. Maybe just charge off a cigarette outlet when rig is running? I'm ok with a slow charging system and don't really need a jump start feature from my house battery.
Guess my budget is about $700.
Current idea
Bioenneo BPP-M400 $490
Shore Power port $20
Extension Cable $40
Trickle Charger Schumacher SE-1-12S-CA $25
(open to other permanent mount trickle chargers recommendations)
Thanks for any advise or suggestions from those who know more than I