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There are several updates in here on replacing it with a better setup

Ran it all night and it is not showing any signs of getting to hot anymore, the aluminum and silicon did the trick.

I know its hard to see, but the wood was getting to hot so I put a piece of aluminum under it and under that high temp silicon. the exhaust is a high temp bulkhead fitting made for this type application. I will try and attach a pix.

Decided since I never use my water heater it would be the perfect place for my diesel heater.

If it will fit my grandby I will take it..

Mostly concerned with non use storage to maintain the battery till I get solar installed, as the solar charger will be able to switch between battery type. till then its plugged into the 110 house connection.

Called IOTA and they were less than helpful, they said call the battery company and find out what the requirements are for that battery. Think Im going to buy an IQ4 and cross my fingers..

Hello Vic, After much research and tearing into my camper I found the IOTA and where the dongle goes! now my question is do I need an AGM specific dongle or will the IQ4 smart controller do the job?, I ask as I might go with lithium in the future and don't want to keep changing out the dongle.

Could you expand a little on the dongle, how it works, where it goes ? can I just put in the mppt connection to the battery?

This has probably been touched on already, but after reading many posts I am still not sure. If I add solar with an MPPT controller going to my battery is there any change I need to make to my IOTA? My Grandby is a 2004 which is pre solar wiring. I had read that there might be changes I need to...

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Most older vehicles cannot fully charge an AGM battery as they need 14 volts which they are not given. I know on some newer trucks you can put in a diode to trick them into doing 14. When I plug my FWC into shore power, I'm not Shure how much it is given, but it has lasted years now. Assuming my...

Dodge/Ram uses those swell up lug nuts also, switched them out to normal ASAP as I could not get any size socket on. I always carry a breaker bar and socket with extension but am tempted to start carrying an electric impact.

https://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/topic/23420-hold-down-upgrade/

When I bought my AGM batteries I assumed I could charge them like I did my wet cell batteries, but now my understanding is they need 14.5 volts instead of the 13.5 my alternator kicks out. Also my shore power only does 13.5 for my house battery. Any ideas on how to get my truck and FWC charger...

Got all excited at you idea, but no cigar... :(

The one I cannot reach is the left rear, thinking the cabinet will have to come out to access?

I know this has been talked about a great deal, just showing how I did it, was able to access 3 points, but not sure how to access the fourth without taking a bunch of cabinets apart. a bit of an upgrade, but you can see the old stuff was very weak and already starting to pull through, used an...

Would be curious how for you aired down when off road?

I put mine on the sides, no problem, started with 40 pound units and it was to much, then went with 30 and just one per side diagonal. will install the others when I put the solar on.

BTW this is a 2004 Grandby on a 92 W250 dodge

Truck battery is good, but even after a long drive the house battery is still low after a weekend out. If I plug it in it comes up pretty quick. Just curious how well the and quick the house should charge up when driving. Will have someone rev the engine while looking at the meter unless there...

I know it has probably been talked about a lot, but looking for an easy way to see if I am getting a charge from the truck when driving, like looking at the volt meter while reeving the engine or something. Ran 8 gauge to the trolling motor connecter, but does not seem to add to the battery when...

if its nice buy it! they are hard to find