Date:         Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:31:43 -0700
Reply-To:     Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life,
              charging issues, etc
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
In-Reply-To:  <9f4608e90908051434t31aecef4v4f964f6dd05a38a1@mail.gmail.com>
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More details on Rocket's system can be found here:
http://camping.elliott.googlepages.com/aboutoursolarpowerrig

Pensioner


On 8/5/09, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,  what were the voltage values you measured?  At the battery, I
> mean.  M. Elliott has had good results with a DC-DC converter to power his
> electrics and keep the DC0040 on.  I think he uses a trojan high >100AH
> capacity deep discharge battery though.  I'm currently (no pun intended)
> troubleshooting an odd intermittant starter problem with thus far little
> success but is is offering an opportunity to clean up all the current paths
> along the way.
>
> Pensioner
>
>
> On 8/5/09, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> Anne and I just returned to San Diego from a 3 week camping trip in the
>> PNW area. Just before starting out I installed a Vitrifrigo in place of
>> our working Dometic 182A. Due to time constraints I pretty much slapped
>> it in and hoped for the best, making no changes to our existing aux
>> battery setup other than new Group 48 batteries for both starting and
>> aux positions. I realized this rushed install might bite me...
>
>