Time is (slowly) marching forward and Denny says our Grandby flatbed is arriving late March! We'll be mounting it on a new regular cab Ram 3500 Chassis Cab. (Arriving in a week or two.) We ordered the Grandby with the 160 watt roof solar panel and the two battery set-up.
This will be our third FWC in six years so we want to 'do it right'. So a few questions from an 'electrical dummy':
1) What gauge/type of wire should I run from the alternator to the camper for maximum recharging efficiency? We ordered the 'heavy duty' alternator. (220 amps)
2) Will it be OK to just run the supply wire to the 'pigtail' from FWC outside the camper or should I try to have it run all the way to the connection inside the camper?
3) Anything else we should do during installation to tweak the electrical?
4) Denny has offered to buy the two batteries FWC supplied so I can install my own if I wish. We basically have unlimited space since there will be a large under-bed aluminum box mounted below the existing battery space in the Grandby. So we can just drill through the floor and the aluminum deck, install rubber grommets and lengthen the cables- voila! So any battery suggestions given 'unlimited space and weight'? (The box can be vented easily too.)
Many thanks in advance for your suggestions, Steve
This will be our third FWC in six years so we want to 'do it right'. So a few questions from an 'electrical dummy':
1) What gauge/type of wire should I run from the alternator to the camper for maximum recharging efficiency? We ordered the 'heavy duty' alternator. (220 amps)
2) Will it be OK to just run the supply wire to the 'pigtail' from FWC outside the camper or should I try to have it run all the way to the connection inside the camper?
3) Anything else we should do during installation to tweak the electrical?
4) Denny has offered to buy the two batteries FWC supplied so I can install my own if I wish. We basically have unlimited space since there will be a large under-bed aluminum box mounted below the existing battery space in the Grandby. So we can just drill through the floor and the aluminum deck, install rubber grommets and lengthen the cables- voila! So any battery suggestions given 'unlimited space and weight'? (The box can be vented easily too.)
Many thanks in advance for your suggestions, Steve