batteries

Keeping your rig clean on the road. Doing some cleaning this morning in preparation for Hood River Adventure Van Expo next weekend. Thought I'd share my vacuum setup that I carry with us in the van. It's an older Dyson unit that's running an adapter allowing me to use my Milwaukee Tool...

Sorry if I've missed earlier discussion of this (I have a helluva time finding specific things like this on WTW). My 2016 Fleet came with two Exide Edge AGM 24 DP batteries. As the date shows, they've lasted six plus years, and they served my purposes well, but they are on their last legs. As...

FWC Lithium Manifesto Ok, lately especially, my inbox has exploded with questions about DIY installation of lithium batteries into Four Wheel Campers. We’re talking 5 new inquiries a day. There is a lot of info about it on here already, but I thought maybe it would be helpful if I put it all...

I am having a perplexing issue with the battery isolator installed in my camper. The old one appeared to have a bad solenoid so I replaced it with one made by Blue Sea. The issue is that the house batteries are not being charged. When the engine is on, my multimeter shows that there is...

Will has a new video on less expensive LiFePO4 batteries. Paul

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the forum and need some help with my FWC Hawk. I bought a 2017 Hawk about 6 months ago, it has 160W solar and two AGM 79amp/hr batteries with the 30amp Zamp charge controller. When I'm camping off the grid, the solar can't keep the batteries fully charged, and...

Hey All, Long time lurker. Excited to be joining the community. Background Info: Truck: '09 Ford F150 XLT Camper: '18 FWC Hawk Shell with propane heater and fantastic fan and single stock FWC house battery (Arrives 5/2/19ish) Here's my question: I'm prepping the truck for the arrival of the...

I have been convinced for some time the lithium batteries were the future for marine and RV type applications and that lead acid's days were numbered. Lithium batteries have many major advantages over lead acid, including 4 times the energy density, much flatter voltage curve and less picky...

I'm pretty sure I need to condition the Lifeline GPL 31T the previous owner put in my Hawk. Trouble is, I can't figure out how to do it. If anyone has experience with this or suggestions, please chime in (or PM me). Here's what I've learned (which I provide here for others who may run into...

I only have one battery in my van and have always carried extra-long, extra-stout jumper cables in case I accidently kill the battery. I bought a Micro-Start XP1 (by AntiGravity Batteries) for my motorcycles and took it along on our trip West last Fall. It came in handy at Lake Granby. A...

I just posted on my website my recent adventure in installing a Lithium LiFePo4 Prismatic cell in my camper. A little different from the recent active post by cdbrow1 as my install involves using solar panels. I kept the IOTA installed for those times I need to recharge if power is available and...

Ok, I've been playing with my new to me camper and here's what I've found. Fridge- I got the burner cleaned out and lit well. Burned on gas for 20 minutes, no cooling.... removed the fridge and turned it upside down overnight as suggested by someone here (WTW).... plugged it in to 110v next...