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Some pictures would probably help..... I plan on trying to get it done sometime today or tomorrow.

Thanks camelracer. I understand the purpose, but when you first leave home, the thought is your batteries are probably already topped off, so maybe there is no need to have them connected to charging system at that time.

Well, I got the camper and am back at home getting ready to finish up the wiring. I know you guys are not misguided, this is why I came here to ask questions and learn. But when a maritime electrician fills my head with a bunch of stuff, I tend to get a little worried. I think he was used to...

verynice, How did you get those bulbs to work in the Alaskan? The bulbs in the alaskan have a large brass cup that plugs into the housing. The bulbs you recommended have 2 long prongs. The other bulbs have a few adapters (one being the same thing as the "brass cup") but it is much smaller than...

Your Dodge's alternator is CAPABLE of putting out 120 amps. That doesn't mean the load in your camper is going to use that much power. Size your breakers and wire according to the required load not the alternator capacity. What you're proposing is a waste of money. What do you mean by...

Well I have some news. I think the 50amp breakers are to small, atleast for my 99 Dodge Diesel. The alternator puts out atleast 120 so I am going with 120amp breakers. Also, it seems to me the 6 gage might be a little small, it would be better to go with 4 gage. A marine electrician was telling...

Just so I draw less from the camper batteries. Figure I can last longer in Dry camps if all the lights are drawing less power.

Sounds like I am good to go with the previous configuration yall helped me come up with. Truck Battery --> Breaker ---> PowerPole Connector ---> ACR ---> Breaker ----> Camper Battery. I guess the only part of the above configuration that I may change is the location of the ACR. Maybe it...

Sounds like the ACR is an okay approach. Just to double check, the alternator is connected to the truck batteries, and the ACR is connected between the battery banks, therefore I do not need to mess with the alternator wiring, to get it to wire into the ACR. The charge essentailly goes to the...

Actually it seems that when one battery (the truck one hopefully) is above a certain voltage (13.v) the ACR will close the switch to that battery and the charge will go to the other bank (camper). When the voltage drops to a certain level (12v) the switch to that battery will re-open and...

As I read on the Blue seas website for the SI-ACR, both batteries are combined during charging. What would happen if I used the camper batteries a fair amount and they were low, and my truck batteries were basically fully charged? Would the truck batteries receive to much amperage? I do see the...

So, the alternator will not see both banks, and average the voltage? It will charge one bank fully first, then the next? Just trying to figure out how they work..Thanks again for all the advice.

Ok. So is that Blue Seas SI ACR bad news? Someone told me that is not an isolator, and if I use it, when the truck and camper are connected the batterys will slowly drain each other b/c they are constantly trying to average out the voltages. Basically it was stated that with all four batterys...

I think you are correct Buckwheat!!

That's not the Gigavac product that I was thinking of. They offer one with voltage sensing electronics on-board. Easier to get is the Blue Seas products. I would look at something like this: Blue Seas ACR Anytime you take power off of a battery it needs to be protected with a fuse or a...

nevermind those are panel mounted ones..

You think these would work : http://www.ebay.com/itm/50-Amp-Bussmann-Marine-Circuit-Breaker-25550-Manual-Reset-10-pcs-/161005871994?pt=Boat_Parts_Accessories_Gear&hash=item257cb2a37a&vxp=mtr

No it is a used 1997 model.

Okay, so I am going to go pick up an Alaskan in a few weeks and I want to make sure I bring the right LEDs to change out all the interrior lights. Has anyone done this to their alaskan yet? If so, what bulb is required, and how many lights did you change? Also I was wanting to put 3 exterrior...

Yea, they say E rated on the tire. For some reason the Spec sheet I got from the website had them as D rated, but with the same load capacity of 3860 at 65 PSI I think they should work fine. Ideally, when they are worn out I would like to go with a tire that has a skinnier profile and is taller...

Hey Gary. I am new to this as well. Considering you will be out for a day or two, I think you will be fine. I plan on long dry camps and have two diesel starter batteris then two camper batteries so it was complicated for me....

7611 is 73 dollars here http://www.dbmarine.com/sales/product-mfg-all.asp?M=Blue%20Sea I think I will go with 7611......

awesome. I will make my orders, then go to west marine for the ACR, and order some wire. That ebay link is a good deal on wire. Anything to be suspicious about with that ebay add....? Thanks for helping with the learning curve on this one. Once I get the camper I can switch out all lights to...

Batteries are from 2010. Any reason these curcuit breakers wouldnt work? http://www.powerwerx.com/fuses-circuit-protection/resettable-circuit-breaker-cooper-bussmann.html If I get those, I can also order the powerpoles from them as well. THen just get the ACR and wire and I am ready!

Just found out the batteries that are included in the camper are the West Marine Gel batteries, 97ah Manufacturer Namw............WEST MARINE Manufacturer Part Number.....8G31DTM Amp Hours Per Day............97Ah BCI Group....................31 Chemistry....................Gel Cold Cranking...