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I understand that amperage is the thing that turns wires in to glowing filaments, and living bodies into corpses. As opposed to strictly voltage. But I'll go with your analogies. I was just trying to point out that the previous versions had circuit boards that weren't up the task. Whether it...

Update: I got a spare Marinco/Guest from Cary back in the fall in anticipation that the OEM would go bad at some point. As a test, I plugged it in and it immediately went to work. Whereas the OEM went into Absorp for 2 seconds with 10A, and then immediately went to sleep. The OEM is getting...

Thanks V&T for clarifying this.

Cool. Thanks for the extra "dope". I feel more confident. I've seen the butyl up to 3/8" thick, but thought that must be for highly irregular surfaces, unlike ours. Besides, I don't think you want to be reefing down on the screws , unevenly, to squeeze it all out, and end up cracking the...

Thanks Seth. The Victron I linked does have the ability to custom-set it to my AGM's 14.7 optimal charging voltage, at 77F but not any higher, for colder tempoeratures. But which is definitely a start. My bigger concern would be being assured that a shore charger will top off my battery...

I have recently installed a Renogy DC-DC charger and a Victron SmartShunt and have been playing with both, getting used to their apps and idiosyncrasies. And they're both working great. Or at least, exactly as I expected. However, the shunt readings have provided me with some data that bring...

Thanks much Sweeney. I just emailed Cary for his take on things. Asking him pretty much everything that you just touched on. Except I needed to get from him the wisdom of obtaining the "extended" version and any undue torque on the lift mechanism (since they possibly only install the 4500...

Nearly sold on the Maxx. It seems that earlier versions of the MaxxAir and their circuit boards had a very low Voltage threshold and they cut out when being fed by more than 13.8V, or something. Which is indeed almost a certainty when charging on shore or the road. Or it fried the circuit...

Sweeney: I'll let you walk away with the prize. You deserve it. Looks like the Maxxfan could have a new fanboy in the near future. I'm seeing specs of 0.2A on Low. Which beats the pants off the Fantastic that boasts a considerable 1.5A as its lowest draw, according to my new Victron shunt. And...

Excellent. Nice to know. Thanks. Ours was never really that quiet on low right from the beginning. Nothing really wrong with it; it's just that low-level white noise can only be tolerated so long. Especially if you're not trying to drown anything out.

It does. Enough for me to work with. Thanks. Those links above I posted, about putting in a variable speed PWM control, could be deceptively simple. And f0r the sake of installing $10 part, I could mess up a $400 fan. Did you have an older Fantastic that gave up the ghost? Or did you never...

If the current model that C-I uses ends up being pretty much the same thing as what we have, I have run across this article where the author has all the same niggling beefs that I have. He has put an infinitely variable speed control into his Fantastic. Which addresses (presumably) all three...

Jenn: Re the fan: Is there a model number I can reference? Our factory Fantastic from 2017, is obviously decent enough. But even when using just the lowest setting (out of the 4) it's still CFM overkill for such a small space. I'm wondering if the "new" one is a little more modest in terms of...

Jenn: I have you beat. After posting on another tire thread the other day, I went and audited my 13" spare I use for my small enclosed trailer, which is very useful, but doesn't see the road that often. I bought it in 2003. The spare was pristine, and fully inflated. But is now 21 years old and...

+1. I'm holding on to the 2017 OB base model as long as I can. There's still a "relative" technical simplicity to it that I know I will be giving up when its replacement needs to come along. And as someone who has issued hundreds of those tickets, I don't wish to become a hypocrite over...

Cool. 2 -in-1 device. My old-school bolt-on C-clamp device certainly does the job. Very solid and quiet. But putting it on and taking it off, when I have 3 different trailers, drawbars and ball sizes, is a PITA. (Was that a 1/2" or a 7/16ths?). And then there's the drawbar pin key to find...

Kevin: NP. I should add that what I wrote doesn't come close to covering all aspects of installing and programming the monitor. Only the Doom and Gloom stuff that no one else mentions or tries to deal with. There are lots of other places where you can get the basics and the conventional...

I recently installed a DC-DC charger in an effort to regularly obtain a “fully-charged battery”. Subsequent to this installation, I began to understand the fallacy of relying solely upon open circuit voltage (OCV) as a means of determining the trailer battery’s true State of Charge (SOC). This...

Thanks Sweeney. Now I understand why you didn’t post pictures. Getting those pics was almost as difficult as doing the install. Factory Marinco. Just fully charged it today from shore. Letting it rest for 24 hrs and then will look at the app stuff. I think I have a good handle on the many...

Several others have installed the Victron. Victron Smartshunt Bluetooth Battery Monitor My install location was a little different so I thought I'd post separately. After putting in the DC -DC charger, and getting wilding disparate open-circuit voltages from a variety of devices, at a variety...