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Rusty...just to make sure - you measured about 1 1/2 " down from the top to where you drilled your holes? I have a 2014 Hawk. Going to mount a bike on the right side of the door.

Wanted to clarify what you've done here, as I want to mount my bike this way..... You have something like this? https://www.rockymounts.com/products/loball-locking I see where you mounted it, near the top. And you put an aluminum plate on the inside of the camper? I see how you used the...

Been to Rialto many times, having lived in Washington in the past. Great pic.

Vic, I hear you. Seems like the only time I get gassing is if the charging voltages are high, but haven't really determined the cutoff. Never get any with float charge. Absorption, probably at higher voltages. Bulk, yes. I'm wondering if I set the absorption charge to a lower value than...

Here's a link to a 6V AGM I found online...the dimensions are like my old type 24 AGM 12V battery: https://www.wholesalesolar.com/9960101/crown/batteries/crown-6crv220-220ah-6v-agm-battery I just installed 6V wet cells in my camper. Gassing so far hasn't really been an issue. I do catch a...

Noticed also that FWC is now offering two 6V AGM deep cycle batteries as an option, for the higher Ah capacity.

Seems to be. A few times when I've opened the door I've had a brief whiff of sulfur, but it's very small. And, this happened when I had the camper outside, and charging was being done by my Zamp solar controller. The charging voltage was too high. Other times I've looked in there and...

From what I've found out recently in my battery research I question the statement they made to you that AGMs can take more abuse than wet cells. I just recently replaced my AGMs with 2 6V golf cart batteries wired in series.....they last as long, if not longer, than AGMs, they're cheaper, and...

Oakley, Vic Harder on this forum has a Victron controller, as do a few others. If you can send him a message I'm sure he'll help you out, or respond here on this thread. He's helped me quite a bit with my controller issues.

Me too. My gut feeling is that many owners don't bother to dig into the solar controller/battery stuff. I didn't, until I started having problems. I think it would be interesting to see how many Zamp owners have had short battery life or battery issues. Maybe it's not a widespread problem...

I'm planning on getting the BMV712 next month, after my wife authorizes some more camper money LOLOL.

No, unfortunately, at least from what I'm seeing. The Zamp has the ability to select "AGM", "GEL", "WET", etc, but no specific settings. My understanding is that once you select the type battery you have, it automatically charges it the way it's programmed to do for that specific type. Well...

Hey Vic, thanks for your replies. I have a pretty common 6V golf cart, deep cycle wet cell battery. It's sold in just about every auto parts store in the U.S. It's made by East Penn Manufacturing in Pennsylvania, but is supplied and labeled in various ways....Deka batteries, Carquest...

You and I seem to be having the same problems. After I charge my batteries on shore power with the IOTA converter, the converter has a steady green light, which means float charging. If I then disconnect the shore power and move the camper out of my garage into sunlight and allow the solar...

I've learned a lot in the last few weeks about batteries, as I had an issue that was hard to diagnose. I'm not nearly as fluent in battery language as some of the people on here, particularly on this thread...they've been very helpful. Had to go back to Electricity 101 to figure out what my...

My setup as well. I checked the charging specs on my 6V batteries wired in series (they may be similar or identical to yours - it seems many of those golf cart batteries come from the same manufacturer, and they're shipped out to companies that put their own label on them), and I'm not...

Do you have Zamp solar panels? Also, what kind of battery setup do you have?

@pvstoy....thanks for all your input. Without belaboring this any further, after some more thorough testing we found that the batteries were bad....our testing initially wasn't correct. I've replaced the 12V AGMs in parallel with two 6V wet cell batteries in series, rated at 230ah each...

Thanks for all the input. I'm doing some experimenting. My initial assumption was that the batteries were bad, so I 1) charged them fully from shore power for a few days, 2) pulled the fuse on my solar panel, so they wouldn't charge from the panel, and 3) turned my frig on and disconnected...

@Jonny....sorry for the delay in replying - yeah, I think a good piece of memory foam plus the mats will be fine. Just make sure you get a thick enough piece of foam, at least 4" IMO. Good news is that if you don't find that setup comfortable, you can go with something else, as it's not going...

Thank you Patrick. I'm going to give this some more thought, but I think I'll probably end up doing as you suggest. I find it very frustrating that my batteries both check out OK, but once the sun goes down I can't get much use out of them....I'm still suspect that the frig is doing something...

Vic, thanks again for your detailed reply. Unfortunately, there's a new twist to the saga. I wasn't sure that the first place I went to to test the batteries gave me reliable feedback, so I went to another auto parts place to double-check...their test showed the batteries were FINE. I had...

Vic, thanks for the reply. You said 'better battery life requires really good charging technology and usage habits'. I do think I use my batteries in a 'good' way, if there is such a thing....but, maybe you're referring to the Zamp controller. I'm going to get a couple new batteries - went...

Apparently I'm having a similar problem, wanted to bounce it off you guys. I have a 2014 Hawk with Zamp controller, 160W panel, 2-way Dometic frig, and 2 12V 85ah Fiamm batteries that came from the factory. I leave the camper parked in my garage, plugged into shore power when I'm not using...

Jonny - IMO a regular mattress is the way to go. I've used air mattresses in other trucks I've had, to sleep in the bed, and they all eventually fail. Since you don't have any cushions/slipcovers, probably buying a 3" or 4" piece of memory foam will do the trick. Foam does stiffen when it's...