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Thanks again for your expertise. Always nice to know if I’ve got the star link, I can get some technical help!

I always got 60 to 90 minutes charging time before the breaker would trip. I will swap out the breakers to test the circuit when I get home

Also discovered that the 25 amp inverter breaker Does not need to be on for the inverter from battery. The only way to get “shore power“ in is to have the breaker on

I get about 60 minutes or so of charging before the breaker trips

Update 25 amp inverter breaker still trips on normal shore power. So I don’t believe it was my generator. The breaker is tripping on thermo as it is HOT and resets after cooling. This occurs with and without the air conditioning on. Dialed the charger down to 80A Same result Mark

Great explanation! Thanks so much for the information! I’ll keep you posted Mark

While charging on the generator, the 25 amp circuit breaker on the Zantrex 3000 inverter keeps tripping. I’m running the generator and the inverter switch ON I’m using a champion 3400 W generator and running the air conditioner simultaneously. Could it be the charger and the air conditioner are pulling too many amps simultaneously tripping the breaker? I’m going to try charging only, with the air conditioner off and inverter switch OFF any thoughts? Mark

The only extended Boondocking we have done so far has been three days in a heavily shaded campground in the great Smokies, Catatloochee Did not run AC, ran Max air fan at night , batteries ran down to about 45% we have the 640 amp hour batteries and 400 W of solar

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Thanks for all the great info and instructions!! I believe I will wait until after our trip to install the port and use the alligator clips in the interim. I’ve ordered both the Renogy 200 and Zamp 190 suitcases and will return one of them. I want to see if the Zamp is worth almost 3x the cost of Renogy. Doubtful.

Awesome! Thanks! I don’t know if it’ll will arrive in time to wire external solar port Mark

I do not have the Zamp Solar Port. I ordered from the 2024 build sheet in October 2023. OTT had changed the Zamp solar port being included with the lithium platinum solar package, to a dealer installed option. Didn’t catch it until too late. After watching the video, I still have a question. Can I connect the solar panels via the alligator clip directly to the batteries without an integrated charge controller, utilizing the onboard charge controller? Or is the onboard charge controller only able to be utilized through the zamp solar port?

A couple of questions that I couldn’t find an answer via the search topics. 1. Can I connect solar panels, which have an integrated 20 amp charge controller, directly to the batteries via the supplied alligator clips? 2. Is there a maximum wattage that can be added to my 400W onboard solar via an external port? Thanks ! getting ready to leave on an extended western trip. I thought I’d pick up a solar suitcase just in case, as much of our time will be boondocking. Mark

Never heard of anything personally. I did see a video on YouTube of a camper chasing his trailer being stolen out of the campground. stopped them! https://a.co/d/8BlEZYa You can also add locking bolts to attach the bulldog coupler to frame if you’re really worried about theft. Best Mark

Additionally, the handle is the same on the outside as the inside. No problems with the “foot slicer” as mentioned…unless you are a member of the Monte Python “Ministry of Silly Walks”