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offgrid 
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
 Calendar Event: Slide out Power Requirements?Posted: 15 May 2019 at 6:09am |
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The slide works just fine directly on the 12V charger with no battery at all installed. In that sense it does work on shore power (as long as your charger is operating properly).
If you always had shore power at your campsites, never used the trailer during the day while on the road, and never used your fridge on 12V the only reason (a good one) to have a battery in an rPod is to operate the emergency breakaway braking system. All your other 12V stuff will run from the charger directly. To run the breakaway system a little motorcycle start battery or the equivalent would be more than sufficient. Or you could just get a breakaway kit with an integrated battery.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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TheBum
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Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 15 May 2019 at 4:16pm |
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The battery does serve one other useful purpose even if you're not boondocking: it acts as a big capacitor to filter DC. The converter uses a DC-to-DC converter after rectifying the AC, which still has some noise on it without something to filter it. The battery will also help protect against DC power on/off spikes.
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 15 May 2019 at 5:55pm |
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I doubt a big battery will do anything about high frequency noise from the charger, that will just pass it by as its in parallel with the charger and loads. A choke would do a much better job if there was a problem. Voltage surges yes, it would likely help with those. But a small battery like a motorcycle one would do that as well.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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Imager
Newbie 
Joined: 22 Apr 2019 Location: CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Posted: 16 May 2019 at 7:23am |
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Is there any body out there that has 110 volts but no 12 volts? I have a rpod 180 and went to prepare for a trip but no lights battery dead although plugged in ti 110 at the house
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Imager
Newbie
Joined: 22 Apr 2019 Location: CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Posted: 16 May 2019 at 7:25am |
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I have a rpod 180 I have 110 volts but no 12 volts plugged into house 110
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GlueGuy
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Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2627 |
Posted: 16 May 2019 at 9:13am |
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6285 |
Posted: 16 May 2019 at 10:19am |
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+1 There are troubleshooting steps available to check whether the converter is operating. First thing to check though is the two 40A fuses in the middle of the power panel. Those blow to protect the converter if the battery is connected with reverse polarity. |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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