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Forum: Electrical and Electronics 01-03-2017, 08:08 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,459
Posted By boywonder
In my case.....nothing.....I just wired the...

In my case.....nothing.....I just wired the starting and house batteries together with a Blue Sea ACR and a couple of circuit breakers then connected a couple fuse blocks on either side of the rear...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 01-02-2017, 09:09 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,459
Posted By boywonder
Cool! ....One test is worth a thousand expert...

Cool! ....One test is worth a thousand expert opinions.......:b5:
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 01-02-2017, 08:42 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,459
Posted By boywonder
Good point Herb! My little 300W tripplite has a...

Good point Herb! My little 300W tripplite has a cig lighter connector but I've only really used it to charge laptops.......I'll have to look a the fine print on that thing.....

Mine is an older...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 01-02-2017, 02:30 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,459
Posted By boywonder
I don't have any GFCI breakers in the van other...

I don't have any GFCI breakers in the van other than the GFCI receptacle on the inverter....

A 300W inverter can easily be powered off of a cigarette lighter 12V socket....I have one in my other...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 01-02-2017, 11:31 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,459
Posted By boywonder
For shore power I used one of these inside the...

For shore power I used one of these inside the van (my van needs to be somewhat stealth to park it in my driveway...HOA rules...)...so nothing poking through the side of the van anywhere.

It was a...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 01-02-2017, 09:53 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,459
Posted By boywonder
Where's the charger and inverter? You may also...

Where's the charger and inverter? You may also want a transfer switch for shore power..there are a few options for wiring that. I bought a transfer switch but never installed it.
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 12-30-2016, 11:07 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,459
Posted By boywonder
FWIW, I used a pair of 150A breakers in the...

FWIW, I used a pair of 150A breakers in the locations that you are showing next to each battery....

...not sure what the upper switch in the diagram is for?? Doesn't the 7622 have a separator...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 12-29-2016, 09:20 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,459
Posted By boywonder
Do you have a means to terminate the cable? The...

Do you have a means to terminate the cable? The local place wants my first born every time I need an end crimped.

I bought my 2GA cables from Ebay with end terminals....very happy with them.
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 12-29-2016, 09:04 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,459
Posted By boywonder
They should work fine...... I used circuit...

They should work fine......

I used circuit breakers........the one located at the starting battery is very convenient for disconnecting the house batteries from the starter battery (and I need to...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 12-29-2016, 08:46 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,459
Posted By boywonder
I suppose that's a function of how discharged the...

I suppose that's a function of how discharged the battery is.......

At about 50% SOC (state of charge) it seems that my house batteries (two in parallel) sometimes pull close to 60A out of my...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 12-29-2016, 08:11 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,459
Posted By boywonder
I'm running 2ga (not 2/0) for most battery...

I'm running 2ga (not 2/0) for most battery cables. If you need to start your van off of the house batteries you'll be pumping around 500+ amps through those cables. I haven't needed to do that yet,...
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