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From: "Bob Kiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Next I buy the state-of-the-art batteries and install them in the
> Airstream. They will go under the galley where the old Everflo heater
> resided. After I removed the heater there was a 2x3 foot space for
> batts. Equal amount of space under couch directly opposite. Importantly
> these batteries will be sitting almost directly over the single axle of my
> 1966 Safari.
>
> Anytime I want to charge the batts. I just park the pullers rear end sort
> of close to the tongue of the trailer. Pull out the long cable (mentioned
> above) and let the Ford's generator charge the batts.
>
> Why won't this work?
It will, but think about this:
I installed a second battery in my tow car. That's two batteries in the car.
There is one battery in the Airstream. We drive the car around a lot when we
are camping. The second battery in the car charges while we are sight
seeing. When I get back to the camp site, I hook the wire up from the car to
the trailer again. The fully charged battery in the car supplies electricity
to the trailer. My primary battery in my car has a diode on it so that NO
electricity flows out of it while the trailer is hooked up. Only the second
battery supplies electricity to the trailer. That way the car will always
start in the morning! With this three battery set up, we seems to be able to
camp indefinitely WITHOUT any electrical hook-ups.
If I don't use the second battery in my car, and ONLY use the battery in the
Airstream, The trailer battery usually will last 4 or 5 days before it dies.
I was thinking about making a long wire just as you suggest so I don't have
to back my car close enough to the trailer for my short wire to reach.
We don't use much electricity, I suppose. You might need those extra
batteries in the trailer.
MARC WEIMER
Punxsutawney, PA - Home of the Groundhog
#15767
1963 Globe Trotter
1971 Globe Trotter
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