Tagged With "kit"

PRODUCT: SUNER POWER 12V Solar Battery Charger Maintainer, Waterproof 20W Solar Trickle Charger, High Efficiency Solar Panel Kit, Built-in Intelligent MPPT Co ntroller. REPORT: I live in a condominium, and there is no power access at my storage facility, so when I winterized my model 1575 with two AMG 100 amp hour batteries, I had to figure out a way to keep them healthy with trickle charge. My solution, this 20 W solar trickle charger. I mounting it to my front hitch, and I plugged it into...

A nice solution to your situation.

This looks great!! Do you need 2 solar battery maintainers to maintain two batterries?? Also, does the charger adjust to two 6 volt batteries as well as a 12 volt?

Thanks to everyone for either the thumbs up or the comments. As a new V to RV, all of this is A workout, but this solution for trickle charging and storage is likely to work for a long time. If anyone sees a TV With the tag "DRMIKE," or a Model 1575 with the decal "Lancelot," Please stop by and say Hi.

There are several different solar chargers on the market That are typically 10 watt for one 100 amp hour battery. Whether it makes a difference if it is 6 volts or 12 volts, AMG or Lithium, I don't think it matters. Because I have two 100 amp/hour AMG batteries, I selected the 20 watt solar panel. But the real advantage for this particular 20 watt solar panel was the preinstalled bracket That allowed me to adjust the angle of the solar panel. Further, it has a Built-in charge controller, and...

For those that have shore power available but don't want to leave the RV plugged in all the time, and option is to insert an inexpensive (...like 10 bucks...) 'coffee pot timer' into an outlet and plug in the camper (or a separate battery charger). Once or twice a day it will kick on for the period you desire and then go to sleep for the rest of the day. The next day it repeats its cycle. Prior to the popularity of smart chargers or trickle chargers, we used these for years on our boats,...