CanvasCampers - Forum: Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/ Simple:Press Version 6.11.14 CampingPhil on Invertor https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36956 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36956

JoeCamper said
great question, we have a 2010 Coleman and could smell the battery boiling while camping and plugged into shore power for a week.  

Sounds like your a candidate for the same converter replacement I just did.

]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:04:39 -0500 JoeCamper on Invertor https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36954 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36954 great question, we have a 2010 Coleman and could smell the battery boiling while camping and plugged into shore power for a week.

]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:13:19 -0500 CampingPhil on New Battery https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/new-battery/#p36899 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/new-battery/#p36899 You want DEEP CYCLE battery, not a car starting battery. Group 24 is the standard size. If you have room and a larger battery box Group 27 will last longer. If you are always going to be hooked up to electric at a site, then it doesn't matter what group size.

]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:13:51 -0500 CampingPhil on Invertor https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36898 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36898 Most modern 12v CONVERTERS (Converters take 120V and produce 12v, Inverters take 12V and make 120v) have 3 stage charging. If your battery is below 75%, it will output 13.9v up to 14.4v depending on the converter brand. Once the battery reaches 90% of capacity, it will output 13.6v. When it has been at 100% for a number of hours, it will going into "float" mode at 13.2v.

2 simple ways to tell. Take a cheap multimeter and test at the battery, our you can can wire in one of these cheap display units by tapping any of the 12V lines.

]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:08:43 -0500 xvz12 on Invertor https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36895 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36895 If you can find the make & model of your converter, I would think that you could find a users manual online, it should tell you all the specs of the converter, how it charges, etc.

]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2018 06:15:01 -0500 chiefbowes on Invertor https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36894 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36894 In a nutshell not really. If you had a voltmeter hooked up you could as you would see a slight drop in voltage as the charger shut off. 

]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2018 05:20:29 -0500 chiefbowes on New Battery https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/new-battery/#p36893 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/new-battery/#p36893 Do you have a battery in it now? My belief is bigger is better. RV or deep cycle battery, probably a group 24 or 27. 

]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2018 05:18:00 -0500 camphappy on Invertor https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36892 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/invertor/#p36892 Is there a way to know if you invertor stops charging the battery when it's full?  How do I know it shuts off?

]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2018 02:19:59 -0500 camphappy on New Battery https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/new-battery/#p36891 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/new-battery/#p36891 Besides being an RV battery, how would we know what to purchase for our camper? Size, Make?

]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2018 02:18:47 -0500 acenorm on Trailer Wiring https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/trailer-wiring/#p35931 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/trailer-wiring/#p35931 https://www.etrailer.com/Wirin.....30104.html

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]]> Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:26:25 -0400 bearden08 on Trailer Wiring https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/trailer-wiring/#p35930 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/trailer-wiring/#p35930 Just bought a 1986 coachman popup and the wiring harness on it is a 6 pin square connector.  The one on my truck is a standard 4 wire connecter.  How do i handle this connection.

]]> Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:35:44 -0400 Pathwacker on Venting batteries mounted inside the PUP https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/venting-batteries-mounted-inside-the-pup/#p35505 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/venting-batteries-mounted-inside-the-pup/#p35505 Hi did you buy lead acid or agm? Lead acid you will need to vent with box, tube, vent or big door.

AGM battery does not need vents and can be charged on your sofa.   

Very happy that you understand weight limitless and tongue weights. 

]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2017 04:53:45 -0400 jwdogman on Venting batteries mounted inside the PUP https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/venting-batteries-mounted-inside-the-pup/#p35467 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/venting-batteries-mounted-inside-the-pup/#p35467 Do I have to use expensive, vented battery boxes & vent tubes & vent caps....., to vent 2 batteries I want to mount in the cabinet of my popup, or could I use a vented access door like the one behind my 3-way fridge? It seems to me it would offer more ventilation than a vented battery box & I could line it with screen to keep out insects. I could replace the latch with a lockable one & this would give me access to charge even when closed down. I have to mount the two 27 batteries, I just impulsively bought (because of a sale), closer to the axle because I will be over my tongue weight limit if I mount them out front. I realize I still have to use regular battery boxes or trays inside to keep the batteries from bouncing around while traveling. I'm 90% sure I'm confident in doing this, but I'm also not an expert on venting batteries so I don't want to blow anything, myself or anyone else up!

]]> Sun, 05 Mar 2017 08:07:33 -0500 steved26 on power converter issue?? https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/power-converter-issue/#p34634 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/power-converter-issue/#p34634 ok so i have had the camper (2006 jayco 1206) out twice this yr so far, but as soon as i hooked up to the power this weekend i had heard a pop and smelled plastic burning, shut off the breakers.

installed a 30a main breaker that "back feeds" the bus which by passes the lug.  this to me seems like a better fix than the lug, but i am no expert.  looking for opinions weather to replace the lug or leave the 30a breaker..
thanks

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]]> Tue, 31 May 2016 07:43:23 -0400 chiefbowes on Is this a good deal on a battery? https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/is-this-a-good-deal-on-a-battery/#p34532 Electric https://canvascampers.com/forum/electric/is-this-a-good-deal-on-a-battery/#p34532 its a good price. $112 for new.

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