All Activity

If you have the Isotherm Cruise 130, it draws an average of 400 watts per day, or 16.7 watts per hour, if what I have read is correct. Your 260AH batteries have 3,120 watt in them which will run this fridge for 7.8 days from 100% charge to 0%. Of course they would shut off before that to protect themselves. Your 240 watts of solar should produce 900 to 1500 watt-hours per day assuming it is sunny, and they are clean, which should allow you to run this fridge indefinitely by itself. You should probably look at other electrical items you are using.

One would almost need a Star Wars stormtrooper outfit to be seen driving that truck around town.

FWIW: We like the Suburban water heater. We're used to it, having had one on a couple previous rigs. For our style of camping, it's a nice benefit having that extra 6gal of water along for the ride. Easy enough to winterize, too - if that's in one's storage procedures. Occasionally, we've had to replace the AC and/or DC thermocouples - no biggie, cheap to do. We keep extras in the spares compartment. That said, since we've got no experience with the Truma system, we can't comment - but it would be nice for hot water on demand... @Going Coastal - Very glad you're in the "Happy Wife - Happy Life" mode, brother! It's the preferable mode to stay in, IMO. Thanks so much for posting your project, well done! Cheers!

@Geronimo John - That's a Phase-3 upgrade for us down the road, amigo. The electric over hydraulic disk brake conversion kit's price point has skyrocketed over the years - a decent setup using the preferred Dexter K71-651-00 1600PSI brake actuator runs north of $1,100/wheel; can you spell, OUCH ? We're thinking the larger 12" drums on the new running gear will meet our braking needs and RV camping style for quite awhile. That said, the disk conversion will still stay on our radar, for sure. OBTW: We never come close to the 7k# max GVWR for our camping style, even in the winter months when carrying more gear. We encourage others to do the same, no matter what suspension upgrades are present. "Roll-On" and have fun out there, All! Cheers!

I sure like your weather proof Anderson port way better than my plastic one. Can you share a cut sheet or purchase info for it? Is it weather proof on the back side as well? Thanks GJ

HA! The klister would rub off too quick, right? Good idea for the short game though!

That's exactly our thought process too, Mike. We, like many owners have done, mounted our external 12vDC receptacle on the battery compartment hatch and wired it to the Victron SmartShunt (NEG) and batteries (POS) directly with an inline fuse. Serves both as a solar input from the Renogy 200W module "suitcase" kit and an accessory 12vDC output plug. On cloudy days when the BBs need a bit of a bump in solar, it's a snap to connect the suitcase array to the questionably "weatherproof" receptacle on the battery hatch.

From a risk management perspective, the three way eventually will cause issues with an OOPS plug in. Why not just use one Zamp port labeled solar input, and a second one next to it labeled Power Port? No confusion that the switch may cause AND you could for the same cost have a solar input and load attached at the same time. Also "Wired straight to the batteries" is something to ponder upon. Suggest having an inline fuse on all inputs/outputs. Just for safety grins. GJ

Were you not happy with the Truma? Just wondering. GJ

Exactly, right on! HA!

And that's if you are only a flatlander. If you go up into real mountains, then I would suggest saying "Should never even come anywhere close to maxing out the capabilities of their rig.". It's always about having a significant margin of safety for your gear, loved ones, and others that may need to get involved.

Certainly. Pull forward on light housing: Ignore bulb and remove electrical connection at back:

This is exactly what I've been telling my wife all these years.

That's because your subconscious is trying its best to shield you from its absurdity.

Well, my Lippert 5200# axles are doing well enough. Probably repack the bearings sometime this summer. I think I might be the only one with Lippert axles, whatever that means. Ha.

I recently replaced our Truma aquago with a Suburban DEL hot water heater in our 2017 OE2. It wasn't that difficult of a project, but took a little time. A few things required: Spliced into fridge 110 line under sink w weatherproof box. John Davies created a very detailed post on this. The DEL model has both gas and electric switch inside the trailer...Installed switch where Truma switch was...had to run some wires to switch, then to HWH. Move gas line over as suburban is on opposite side of Truma. Overall, not a bad project and wife is happy to have hot water again!!!

Before I got the lithiums in March, I’d been turning the inverter off with the button on the inverter under the aft dinette seat - rather than with the button on the remote. It was my impression that completely shut it off and eliminated the draw from the inverter - whereas turning it off with the button on the remote kept it on standby, hence the small draw. True or not? Geoff

My neighbor has a Cybertruck so I see it about everyday. Not a fan, but it doesn’t seem as weird as it first did.

Wonder how long to tow an Oliver LE-2 coast to coast,maybe 3-4 weeks🤣

Wow, that's 24 amps/day, for nothing. I was unaware of this. So, apparently there's no way to actually turn the inverter completely off?

@GeoffChapman that tracks along with my experience in the 2022 didnt experiment a ton with it before its unfortunate demise but 7 days from san antonio to fairbanks arrived with i think around 60% and 5 days back from fairbanks before the crash and i was at about 75% that morning both ways being mostly overcast the whole time. For 2023 and onward they've switched to 12/120v only fridges so no option to run it on propane and i think its just too large of a power draw for spending any significant amount of time boon docking.

Good idea!😉

Agree, tow vehicle and trailer GVWR should never be exceeded.

My thoughts when I see a cyber truck - the design was hijacked, looted, swiped, plundered or made off with from the inventor of the dumpster. 😄 Just not a fan.

Nothing mixed here - I simply don't care for it! ☹️