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There was a lot more room behind the fascia, so I mounted the Victron there. It's has bluetooth interface and supports lithium batteries (for when my AGMs reach there demise)..

I'm just looking for the sensor - I have a small panel mounted meter mounted next to my battery monitor on the front of the kitchen panel. I was hoping someone had come across a 12 V powered through-hole sensor. Searching for "hall effect ammeter" (instead of sensor) did turn up a Bayite meter...

With a front dinette Fleet, there is no easy place to insert a shunt in the wires from the truck alternator. (But if there is, please let me know.) So I'm looking for a hall effect sensor that operates on 12 V and has mV output (10 mV to say 100 mV - I can rig a voltage divider, as needed)...

I forgot to mention that our Fleet is front dinette - so the battery box is a lot smaller and it is stuffed full with 2 Full River 224 Ah batteries. Six5 - do you notice much heat dissipation from your Renogy Rover 20?

Voltage drop depends on distance and current. The shorter the distance and/or the lower the current, the less drop in voltage for the same gauge wire. Rando's link to the West Marine chart tells you what you need to know. Note that the critical voltage levels for AGM batteries occurs when they...

Where are folks mounting their MPPT charge controllers? I currently have a 15 A Morningstar MPPT mounted on the backside of the fascia panel (a battery monitor occupies the location of the original Zamp controller). But at 15 A, there's not much heat dissipation and it has no heat sink. I'm...

I occasionally have this problem (front dinette Fleet), about twice a month. Fortunately, not continuously. I reset the detector and open the camper and battery compartment door for about 15 minutes. Word has it that it's the batteries. AGM batteries will outgas just a little bit, typically...

Hi John, I installed a MaxxAir on the front opening in our Front Dinette Fleet..We chose the MaxxAir because we could run the fan at a very low speed, even with with the vent closed - to circulate air while sleeping. The downside to the MaxxAir are the PIA controls. It's not particularly...

Here's the finished product. We are in the process of getting it shipped by truck carrier ro Albany NY. When we have the arrival date, we will fly to Albany, stop at a Bernie era commune (now just a VT "camp") that friends have maintained ever since.Then on through mid Quebec and to Gillam...

Our Fleet is now on our 2019 Ford Ranger. gkebdrick has a lot of good information in posts on his thread at http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/topic/18241-new-ford-ranger-fwc-fleet-installation/?hl=%2Bford+%2Branger but since I did much of the installation, I wanted to lay the details out in a...

Asking $10,500 - but make an offer. * Fleet/Eagle ready (see below) * Rebuilt engine - 5600 mi, 168400 mi on truck. 164 hp, 2.7 liter 4-cyl, 5 speed manual transmission * Extra load capacity – Firestone Air Bag suspension. * Single owner. Excellent mechanical condition – new clutch, heavy...

Our CO/Propane alarm goes off about once a month. Fortunately, it resets if I hold the reset button long enough or cut power. We replaced the smoke alarm with a $15 photo-detector alarm. No more false alarms but still safe sleeping.

You can mix the 12 V and 6 V batteries. You connect the 6 V batteries in series (the plus of one to the minus of the other, making a "12 V" battery pair) and then you connect all of the 12 V plus terminals together and all of the 12 V minus terminals together. When you connect the group to the...

The shoes were too much. At night, we sometimes had 4 pairs of shoes on the floor (sandals & tennis shoes). So I got the idea of a shelf. It was simple and has worked out far better than expected. Not only a place to put shoes, but other stuff, and it has hooks as well for clothing and the...

I use re-usable plastic ties to keep my two rear turnbuckles from twisting loose. I have Derringer clamps on the front, but they wont fit on the back (Fleet on 2005 Taco).

gkendrick, what did FWC use to raise the Fleet up 1.5" or so? 2x6's? rubber mat? Whatever does the lift, I think, should keep the camper from moving laterally. If they used 2x6's, did they anchor them to the bed?

We are ordering a 2019 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 for our Fleet. It's currently on a 2005 Tacoma with 1750000 mi - time to send it out to pasture. The Fleet needs to be lifted a couple of inches above the bed. Do you know what they will install? If not, can you please post when you find out? On the...

Like most of us, we travel to out-of-the way places. Very often, if there is cell service, there is only one provider. In August we are headed for Tuktoyaktuk NT (Arctic Ocean) and then to Saline Valley in October. I will need all three cell companies at various points. I have T-Mobile service...

I have setup our Fleet to monitor the battery charge/discharge, solar charging, and now I want to monitor truck charging. Where runs the cable from the truck for a front dinette Fleet 2016? I would rather not take the camper off of the truck, which would presumably answer the question. The...

The best solution is to go with two 6V batteries in series. AGM golf cart batteries are a good buy due to the volume. If you have one battery in parallel go bad, it will quickly draw down the good battery. The most common failure mode is a failed cell in a battery, creating a lower voltage that...

Most charge controllers offer a load connection (the amazon info did not indicate for this controller). As long as your maximum load is within spec for the charge controller load connection, DO connect your load to the charge controller - if your battery discharges to 10.6V (or a similar low...

There are web sites that facilitate home swaps and big RV swaps, but I've not found any for our class of camper. We would like to visit Austraila. The idea is that we would fly to Austraila and travel around with someones camper for several weeks and they would fly to the US and travel around...

If you don't have the hot water option, go with the ShurFlo. You need to cut a piece of Plexiglas to mount it and cover the two hot/cold knob holes, and rewire it. We did it on our 2005 Eagle and it was one of the first mods to our new Fleet...

If you have space for two 6V agm batteries, that is definitely the way to go. Trojan and Full River make excellent high quality golf cart batteries. Because of the volume, golf cart batteries are lower cost than other form factors, so as long as you have room - our Fleet front dinette required a...

Sold We've been travelling a lot since I first posted this and missed a few possibilities. We are stable for the next few months and to keep it simple, you can text/call me at 5O3 eight 77 two eight 93. Our Eagle has served us very well but we are now the proud owners of a new Fleet. $11,000...