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In my experience monitoring camper charging from the truck, I have never seen it above 18 amps. I have a duramax and the standard FWC wiring. I don't see a issue with going to 30 amp fuse. Maybe your alternator puts out more amps than mine does. I do not believe FWC uses a fuse in between the...

Jim, Thanks for keeping us updated on your trimetric readings. I have noticed that the voltage does not always relate to the percentage of charge left in the batteries. Lots of us have volt meters that give you a general sense of battery capacity, but noting is as helpful to know how much...

I am not sure if he sells the mounting bracket alone or not. You could call them and see. This is certainly not the cheapest way to go, but install was very easy. The camera is also much better than the factory one. Here's the link for the company...

I love my backup camera system. I remove the tail gate and the tail gate back up camera just by unplugging it. Then I purchased one that clips directly into the same outlets from my factory camera. It is affixed to the camper and works even better than the factory camera. See the pictures...

MarcBC - great points there. I did some research and found this page of Renogy's website about their 100 watt panels. http://renogy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RNG-100DB-2-page-1-REVISED11252014.jpg The optimum operating voltage for this panel is 17.7 volts. So our amps = 100 watts/17.7...

I really like the job you did with that 100acre. I've wanted to do one of those for a while, but never got around to it. I'd love to see it next week at Overland Expo. I guess I'll just look for the really tall guy with the cool wind fairing? How many of those could be there?

Can you ever really have enough solar? I love this question because I really want to answer you can never have enough. But the real answer is driven by your solar charge controller. Most of them are rated by amperage. You probably don't want to exceed the amperage of your solar controller...

Wow. That thing is amazing.Nice work!!!

Longhorn, Do you have a picture or link to this?

There have been lots of opinions over the years on dinette seating. FWC does have some great videos by Tom on their website about this very topic. I have sat in the Hawk and Grandby front dinette and can tell you that 4 adults are not going to make it in the Hawk front dinette. But in the...

I believe it has the 6.5 ft bed. The shorter bed at 5.6 ft (I'm not sure of exact length here) is on the half ton trucks. I'm not sure you can ever order that size bed in the HD (3/4 and 1 ton) GM trucks. The Hawk model is the perfect one for the 6.5 ft bed and what I would do as long as that...

Love your truck. Sounds like a great adventure. Why the Raven model? Any reason not to have the Hawk? I have a 3500 HD 6.5 ft bed and the Hawk fits perfectly.

Has anyone done a replacement for this kind of faucet before? I remember reading about a FWC dealer recommending this type of faucet but I can't recall any details about it beyond that.

Nice job. Your work looks great! If you come up with a solution for all of those wires on the roof let me know. My roof is full of those too. How many amps is your charge controller?

I'd love this too. I finally have time away from work to go to Overland Expo this year. If any of you have ideas on where to do a group camp, we'd be interested in joining.

Which fridge are you refering to? Just be careful Jim, last time my fridge wouldn't keep ice cream cold, I started reading wanter the west. Next thing you know, I'm tearing out my camper door because my new compressor fridge won't fit without the door being taken out! You guys should have a...

Nice work. I like it. I think you will really love it once it is all together. I am curious to know how it all works out for you. If you have any way to measure the power to your battery, I'd love to know any data (amps and voltage) you get. I think you are right on with 200 watts of solar. I...

There have been some great posts on here. Thanks. I am a big fan of solar. I have it on my camper and my travel trailer. I have portable panels when that's not enough. I've even had an iphone case/charger that was solar - nearly worthless by the way. I currently have 340 watts - 1.5 times -...

Your porch light looks different? Is FWC using a different one now?

I would not worry about the 200 watt panel and the FWC wire. There is of course a voltage drop that occurs from the solar energy generated at the panels and the solar charge controller. This is affected by the gauge of the wire, length of the wire, type of wire and the amps/voltage being...

I agree with Bill. The compressor fridges are remarkably better than the 3 way fridges in maintaining temperature, increase in fridge space and keeping your propane for cooking and heating, you don't have to be level, etc...You'd be amazed how long propane lasts when your fridge isn't using it...

The day time high as 75-80 and the night time low was around 45. The camper stayed out in direct sun all day - no shade. It was locked for the day so that no one could open or close the fridge. The highest amount of amps I have ever noted is 90 amps in 24 hours. I have used below 50 amps...

Brian, I've measured the total amps over 24 hours on my 110 litter compressor fridge (the big one). It uses about 5 amps while it is cycling. The total amount of amps during a 24 hr period varies on outside temperature, fridge settings, how many times my kids open the fridge, etc... But I would...

Jim, Thanks for posting this super helpful information. It's amazing how much you learn after getting your system to work just right. My advice is to make sure you have enough solar to both charge and run your battery/electrical system. If your compressor fridge is going to take 4-6 amps per...

I agree with Ted. I've been looking for the perfect truck camper for years and the XP is about as perfect as I can find. I made a trip to XP to see Marc's workmanship up close and can tell you it's much better than anyone else in this category. Of course the price point is different and it's...