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    Need help with Van electrical

    Good info. Thanks for looking this up. I haven't bought the 100amp yet mostly because I had the 45amp one. It's just the 45 amp one took 8 hours to charge my current bank of batteries and I figured a larger charger would get the job done quicker! :-) Happy holidays!
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    Starting over from scratch, sort of.

    I've looked into the Tiny Home nation and they're fascinating. If you can't imagine yourself living out of a car, perhaps look into your area and find someone that owns 100+ acres of land. Befriend them and beg them to sell you maybe a half acre or two and or let you pay it off over time at an...
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    Need help with Van electrical

    It is however if you're calculating gas costs (generator hours operating) to charge the bank of batteries you have. Sometimes saving the 3-6 hours additional time is well worth-while. Or if and when you visit family or friends for a short period of time and having the ability to hook up to any...
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    Need help with Van electrical

    Yep. http://www.amazon.com/Go-Power-GPC-100-MAX-4-Stage-Converter/dp/B007GN4XI4/ref=pd_sbs_auto_17?ie=UTF8&refRID=0TKBJMJAQ56PA6H7B5SD
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    Need help with Van electrical

    The way I just calculated would be; $1600 in batteries (4 x 250 Ah batteries) $400 in solar panels $130 solar regulator $200 battery charger (100amp/hour) $1000 for a 3k watt pure sine inverter $200 in cables, adapters, fuse and more = $3,530 Now if you estimate how much you'd actually get...
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    Need help with Van electrical

    This is good info. I didn't know this. Luckily nothing extreme ever happened (knock on wood) but definitely something I will think about when I build my next rig. I plan on getting an Onan 2800 watt generator so I can run this Climate Right 2500 BTU AC and Heater combo that will be released in...
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    Need help with Van electrical

    I eventually moved them under the bed along with the inverter, this way I don't hear that inverter noise going :-p Braced it with wood so it wouldn't slide around, like it had before. If you notice, I placed a RED TAPE on one side...in case I have another 1am adding another battery situation :-p
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    Hello Everyone

    Selling the van to fund a project I am working on and then moving to China. Going to require designers + engineers + rapid proto-typing various parts to make the hardware product I have in mind. I thought this was the introduction area ~ I simply posted about me and included pics of my rig...
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    Need help with Van electrical

    Lots of questions here. I did the solar and battery installation myself after a TON of forum research. First let me ask the following questions and go from there. - What are the solar panels? Specify Brand, model, specs. - How many? - Do you have a Solar Regulator? Solar Regulator controls...
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    Hello Everyone

    Hello, I am Steven, 30 yrs old business entrepreneur. Am a Canadian fellow who grew up in the states (Arizona) and lived in Asia for 7+ years (Hong Kong, China, Philippines). I moved back to the states 3 years ago. I suppose you can say I had a mid life crisis at age 27. Business fell apart...
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