Quote Originally Posted by HoneyBadger View Post
Jerry, is this process any different than say, wiring a cabin for 12V and solar?
The things I have done work with the 12V system. I do have two 12V systems in my trailer. One runs most of the normal built in stuff and has solar charging and the other runs the entertainment stuff.

I used to dry camp for 4-7 days at a time. My trailer does not know what hook-ups are. Power wise I can go forever but since we just camp the fridge runs on propane and we carry 50gal of water. After 7 days we always had 1/2 the water and 3/4 propane.

This was never a test to see how far we could go but many times it was just to get comfortable with the tools we had. I always took my sat system and the SW. I used to joke that I watched more TV camping than at home just because I could in the middle of nowhere. Second system has 200AH of AGM batteries and 100W of panels. main system has 300AH of wet cells and 100W of panels.

I have enough cells to build another 200W of panels and also have another 400+AH of AGM batteries on hand. Used AGM batteries are easy for me to come by at the moment since we have equipment that has to have them changed out every 36 months. All are around 30AH.

I use them many places like my battery backup for the pellet stove that will run 6 hours after the power goes out.