for rv,i have two 6 volt batteries on tongue of trailer, where to install?is this compatible or overkil?
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Hi Dennis, It's overkill as far as capacity but not at the price. You need more battery capacity to deliver the rated power but it will certainly work at a lesser load. It powers my TVs etc. with no issues and they draw much less than 1500 watts. Steve
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It needs 12 volts battery. Inverter needs air flow inside Battery Cables cannot be too long to attach to inverter no more than 4 to 6 feet of battery cables. batteries will need to be recharged. How many watts are going to use from the inverter. It only gives about 2/3 of its 1500 watts. Researched everyone that is using for emergency was using a running car or some sort way of regeneration to batteries.
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This is beyond what I have done. The Cobra CPI is for emergency us to keep our freezer cold during power outages.
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Connect positive side of battery lead to one of the big lugs on the solenoid. Connect the other lug from solenoid to your pack of 3 batteries on the positive side as well. You will need to find a fuse in the panel that is on only when engine is running and run a wire from that to the switching side of the solenoid, (usually the small one on the left if you have the solenoid mounted to the wall). That is how my inverter batteries are tied in to protect running down the truck battery if it is left on. It breaks the circuit when the key is turned off. good luck with it.
1432231
This will work with any RV that has 12 volt DC and a ground lead at the monitor position. The challenge is that it is not the exact size of some of the earlier versions so that you have to fabricate a backing plate to make the installation look better. If you do not care about cosmetics, it will not be a factor, just make sure that the red wire goes to the plus + side and the black wire goes to the minus - side.
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On the controller, there is an opening for a small plug. Drawing on the case shows center lead is positive and outer shell in negative. You can buy this plug at radio shack. Take a length of 16 ga. speaker cable (the cable with a silver and copper colored wire is easier to keep the positive and negative marked. Solder the wires to the plug and connect the other end of the cable to the 12 volt system of the RV. Be sure to fuse the positive wire where you connect it to the RV 12 volt system. I think we used a 10 amp fuse.
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I have one connected to the battery on a camp trailer the has a propane refrige/freezer. It keeps the battery charged when we are not using the trailer and also is charging while we are using the trailer. This has really helped to keep the fridge from faulting if the battery voltage dropped to much and the electronic ignitor wouldn't work properlly.
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I that case I would assume that you will have to wire one in or have someone wire one in for you. But, if you already have a trailer plug you can use that as a power source with the proper adaptors. Either way it requires a flat plug to match the one on the camera. Mine works great, I can hook up to my boat by myself, no problem. Cheap when you consider fixing a whole you slice in the tailgate with the trailer tongue costs about 700 bucks.
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You will need a battery installed on front of trailer or some way to power and it would need to be quite heavy wire (cables) it you were to runn any distance to another battery....
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it does not include batteries. It connects to your existing batteries on your RV. I had a 12V battery in my RV which I replaced with 2 6V in series. BTW, finding someone to install this thing was not easy and the installation looks pretty involved to me...
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I wired mine directly to the battery that is mounted to the trailer tongue. Probably could wire it to the 7-pin, but then the tow vehicle would always need to be hooked up to use the jack.
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I would make sure that the cigarette outlet is live when the motorhome is turned off. Otherwise, it should help to keep the battery charged unless you have significant power draws.
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I added a second battery, it is simple and adds needed security when out on your boat if one battery goes low, also I used old car battery cables from the salvage yard, much cheaper, just get your lengths measured first....
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I have one above the door on my motorhome to see who is at the door. so as long as you have 12 volts their should be no problem,excellent idea.
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Yes, the product manual shows a wiring diagram for how to wire 2 12v batteries in parallel. I am only running one battery right now, but I was originally planning on doing this. This kit works so well with my small trailer I don't even need 2 batteries. I have an 18ft trailer and low power requirements. If you are in the sun/partial sun they trickle charge all day and only start using juice in the evening/night. My battery rarely goes below 85% and is usually fully charged by 8-9am. There are videos that will help with your installation on the GoPower web site and YouTube.
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You need to isolate a single battery assuming they are 12 volts each to get the 12 volts to the plug. 48 volts will fry anything you plug in to it. I have these plugs on the outside of my camper and in my boats and they work real well as long as you keep them clean. I use Master Blaster spray contact lubricant that can be found at any auto parts store.
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You should be using a deep cycle Marine/RV battery. I'm using these on my travel trailer and they work great with good sun exposure.
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Pretty easy. The unit only has one cable coming off the motor. You hook that up to the positive terminal on your battery. Your chassis of the trailer is the ground. The unit is supplied with just a bare wire end so you need to crimp a fitting on the end of the cable to attach it to the battery. It's very easy to do. Go to an auto supply store and you can get the part there.
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It is compatible with hard wired (not battery style) on any trailer. Be sure to measure the current opening of your existing unit to compare against this one