Heyupluv
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Help required please.
At the moment we have a 110amp solar panel and a 85ah battery fitted from new on our now 2 year old motorhome…and as we are now looking to buy another new motorhome would not wish to put these items below on the motorhome that I will be exchanging….
We struggle with power when it is early and later in the yearly seasons, but manage through the summer…..and due to the wife requiring many hours of the TV and a few hours on the laptop I was thinking of making a small "power plant" to tow behind the Motorhome.
Due to most 3500kg motorhomes being on there limit "BEFORE" you put anything inside including, yourselves, clothes, food, deckchairs, tables, fishing tackle, etc....maybe my only option would be to tow a small 750kg camping trailer behind the motorhome......
In this trailer (boxed) I would put
3 x 110ah cheap lead batteries
separated by a panel would be my
IG2000 KIPOR generator
Also I would put most of the items above in the trailer
So I would require a charging system inboard on the trailer.......a charger big enough to charge the three batteries either while on mains hook up or from the generator if this is possible.
So what kind of a charger do I require..........which one.......what cables size is required..
A charger that could be left on all the time and not damage the batteries, that could be left on over winter to keep them in tip top condition
Were would be the cheapest place for the 110v batteries (bearing in mind as close to the channel tunnel as possible ( as battery in France is very expensive) and what price are they.
I may even contemplate putting a solar panel on top of the trailer just to keep the batteries toped up??.....so I would require a regulator for the solar panel....what kind and type for 110amp
Would it be possible to run the generator while travelling along in the trailer in a padded box (with pipes and vents in) or does this sound silly and dangerous ??
If possible a wiring diagram for the required work…..or is this a none starter and just a silly idea!!oh:
Mel
At the moment we have a 110amp solar panel and a 85ah battery fitted from new on our now 2 year old motorhome…and as we are now looking to buy another new motorhome would not wish to put these items below on the motorhome that I will be exchanging….
We struggle with power when it is early and later in the yearly seasons, but manage through the summer…..and due to the wife requiring many hours of the TV and a few hours on the laptop I was thinking of making a small "power plant" to tow behind the Motorhome.
Due to most 3500kg motorhomes being on there limit "BEFORE" you put anything inside including, yourselves, clothes, food, deckchairs, tables, fishing tackle, etc....maybe my only option would be to tow a small 750kg camping trailer behind the motorhome......
In this trailer (boxed) I would put
3 x 110ah cheap lead batteries
separated by a panel would be my
IG2000 KIPOR generator
Also I would put most of the items above in the trailer
So I would require a charging system inboard on the trailer.......a charger big enough to charge the three batteries either while on mains hook up or from the generator if this is possible.
So what kind of a charger do I require..........which one.......what cables size is required..
A charger that could be left on all the time and not damage the batteries, that could be left on over winter to keep them in tip top condition
Were would be the cheapest place for the 110v batteries (bearing in mind as close to the channel tunnel as possible ( as battery in France is very expensive) and what price are they.
I may even contemplate putting a solar panel on top of the trailer just to keep the batteries toped up??.....so I would require a regulator for the solar panel....what kind and type for 110amp
Would it be possible to run the generator while travelling along in the trailer in a padded box (with pipes and vents in) or does this sound silly and dangerous ??
If possible a wiring diagram for the required work…..or is this a none starter and just a silly idea!!oh:
Mel