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Right, there is a scale problem with a lot of these upgrades. The shunt monitor will handle at least 5x the power our little electric systems deal in… and lots of the other rv/marine components are designed for larger vehicles than our little trailers. Victron, dirty6? How is it working for you?

Whelp, I installed a (Victron knock-off) Fusion Energy TBD-SmartShunt bluetooth battery monitor (link) in our 560 yesterday. About half the price of the Victron. I’m thrifty… It is doing fine, giving good state of charge % info as well as current amp-hours in and out, and estimated time to a...

SethB’s 2012 560 battery compartment

TBD SmartShunt on Amazon

Looks good! the Backroads shelter also looks interesting: https://www.rei.com/product/202473/kelty-backroads-shelter?sku=2024730001

The point is that only one charge controller should be in the circuit. Rather than changing the wiring in the trailer to temporarily use a portable solar panel, buy a portable either without a controller or with a controller that is easily bypassed. It’s very handy to have a controller on a...

I’ve seen video clips of people doing some pretty amazing things, including using a Rokon as a floatation device going downriver! I’m fascinated by that old/new tech… but don’t seem to have an actual use for it. Also on the radar is that NZ 2WD all-electric farm cycle, the UBCO.

Those are some nice wheels! Love your tow vehicle for the woodland trailer. Rock on Rokon!

FYI Deb, specs can be found here: Camp-Inn Specifications

Welcome to the forum! I’d be glad to show, but a bit of a drive to the Portland, Oregon area! Just a note on the models. We owned a 550 for several years, and now a 560. They are nearly identical, except: Two feet of space forward of the bed that can be couch, bench, bunkbeds for kids, or...

If properly installed it should monitor all charging sources and all discharging loads; that’s really the goal of monitoring for state of charge (SOC). You’re right that any direct connections to the battery of loads or charging that bypass the monitor (SmartShunt) would make accurate...

That’s the same charger I installed in our 560 with a new AGM battery, it’s working well! I’m a little confused by this concern; a shunt like the OP’s SmartShunt is supposed to have *all* load and *all* chargers on the “to system” side, not the “to battery” side. At 500amps it should have...

Yeah, it must be said that a factory-like install of a Trimetric or similar power/ah monitor requires passing a wire or wires through the countertop, preferably inside the corner of the right-hand upper cabinet in the galley. For anyone who has taken the cabinet off, looked at that...

The Victron Smart Shunt looks like a great product! I use the Victron Connect app with a couple of their chargers, and like it a lot. I think your concerns about the connection to the Negative Post would be reduced if you opened up the battery compartment, removed the battery, and had a good...

No real expertise but a little experience. We’d purchased a brand new Honda Odyssey as a family minivan when we had young kids, and thank goodness our first camping trip towing our then Coleman pop-up tent trailer was not freeway and wasn’t far, because the rig was so light in the TV front...

I recommend 2 ball bungies and 2 hook bungies for a fairly breezy setup. The ball bungies stay attached to the umbrella shaft, one for the bumper like Kevin wrote, one for the hatch handle. The hook bungies store wrapped around the collapsed umbrella/case, and in use hook from the umbrella...

A reminder that lead-acid / AGM batteries should (mostly) not be drawn down more than 50%, while a conservative rating for lithium is an 80% draw down. Doing that math, a 75ah Deep Cycle and/or AGM has a working draw of about 37.5ah. A 110ah lithium has a working draw of about 88ah. A little...