trbo323
Member
Hey guys and gals, my first post here. Wife and I purchased a Coleman e3 popup last year and while it was works as is, the batteries are getting old and we are thinking it's time to do some electrical system work.
Previous owners upgraded it to have 2 batteries, one is a flooded lead acid, the other is either AGM or gel, I don't remember which.
First, besides connecting to shore power, there is no charger or maintainer on it so I was thinking about this one
As it looks like it can handle 2 batteries of different types
Next, there's no cutoff on the trailer and the batteries are in 2 boxes that are locked with a bar and padlock so there is no "quick" way to cut the power. So I was thinking about something like this
I'll need to make a mounting bracket but I have some stainless steel sheet to do that with.
Anyone see any problems with that so far?
Longer term we will be looking at replacing the batteries but I'm pretty lost in that respect. This is our first RV and there's about a million batteries out there. I probably don't want to do lithium, from what I'm reading the inverter would also need to be replaced and for the most part we are connecting to shore power when camping. We do have a solar panel to help things out.
So that aside gets a list of questions
1) do I need to stick to the same group size that's in it? Or just anything that fits in the battery box is fine?
2) I'm thinking agm or gel, just for the lower maintenance required, any reason to go with one or the other?
3) have any recommendations? I'm thinking we will be around a $400 budget if possible. Might be able to stretch that a bit of it's really needed but that's total, so 2 batteries
Thanks in advance
Previous owners upgraded it to have 2 batteries, one is a flooded lead acid, the other is either AGM or gel, I don't remember which.
First, besides connecting to shore power, there is no charger or maintainer on it so I was thinking about this one
As it looks like it can handle 2 batteries of different types
Next, there's no cutoff on the trailer and the batteries are in 2 boxes that are locked with a bar and padlock so there is no "quick" way to cut the power. So I was thinking about something like this
I'll need to make a mounting bracket but I have some stainless steel sheet to do that with.
Anyone see any problems with that so far?
Longer term we will be looking at replacing the batteries but I'm pretty lost in that respect. This is our first RV and there's about a million batteries out there. I probably don't want to do lithium, from what I'm reading the inverter would also need to be replaced and for the most part we are connecting to shore power when camping. We do have a solar panel to help things out.
So that aside gets a list of questions
1) do I need to stick to the same group size that's in it? Or just anything that fits in the battery box is fine?
2) I'm thinking agm or gel, just for the lower maintenance required, any reason to go with one or the other?
3) have any recommendations? I'm thinking we will be around a $400 budget if possible. Might be able to stretch that a bit of it's really needed but that's total, so 2 batteries
Thanks in advance