Also, we do not boondock much, and there are some maintenance-free batteries that have as much amp-hour capacity as our current Walmart deep cycle house batt. When we need a new one, will look at a high amp-hour regular starting battery.
We still have the problem I presented a while back with a somewhat continuous connection between the house and chassis batteries, and may have had it for some time. Thus, the chassis battery receives a charge while plugged into shore, but after 5 years, the battery is still working (but it is aging a bit now).
2005 Trail Lite 213 B-Plus w/ 6.0 Chevy
Orion_42 - Great suggestion, I have thought of that; but definitely do not know everything one should know about gell cells. I have heard about sensitivity to charge rates, no gassing, can be laid on side, lighter in weight, higher in cost of service, wrong color and bunch of other comments. Wish there was definitive information located on the internet.
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2002 Trail-Lite Model 211-S w/5.7 Chevy (click View Profile)
Gene
Gene my friend, you deserve many more complements than that one.
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Chas Morristown, NJ
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Wiring the old fog lites into the back up lite wiring would be the easiest but (1) it might cause too much current draw thru that original 16 or 18 gauge factory wiring harness and (2) there are times when you might not want them on while backing up. It might confuse people behind.
Wired on a heavier aux circuit you could use it as a work lite and a selective back up lite for campgrounds.
In the 70's a sailor in my squadron in Norfolk use to go home every weekend to NY or NJ and got tired of tailgaters behind his van on old two lane I-95 and wired in an aircraft landing light facing aft. He solved his tailgating problems until he lit up a state trooper and the trooper turned on his lites and siren. I don't think he got a ticket (some LEOs give military a break) but I think he had to remove it before the trooper would let him go on.
Bill & Maggie
LT USNR Ret.
2003 Trail Lite 211 B+
Chevy 6.0L
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2001 Trail Lite B+ 211
Happy, I have a friend who STILL has his 55 Chevy we tooled around in at college back in the 60's. He had wired his backup lite to a switch so he could make people at traffic lights think he was backing up...great minds think alike!
cheeze1 wrote:
ok, sounds like a plan. I will leave the cheapos on their own circuit and wire the fogs appropriately.
Happy, I have a friend who STILL has his 55 Chevy we tooled around in at college back in the 60's. He had wired his backup lite to a switch so he could make people at traffic lights think he was backing up...great minds think alike!
I was going to suggest you do something like your friend's '55 Chevy for your backup lights. I did that on my Coachman Class A because I needed to back it into a dark building and the factory backup lights did not illuminate very well. That separate circuit with a toggle switch in the cab did the trick. Also worked whenever I was hooking or unhooking a trailer at night. Didn't have to have the tranny in reverse.ok, sounds like a plan. I will leave the cheapos on their own circuit and wire the fogs appropriately.
Happy, I have a friend who STILL has his 55 Chevy we tooled around in at college back in the 60's. He had wired his backup lite to a switch so he could make people at traffic lights think he was backing up...great minds think alike!
Your friends '55 Chevy reminded me of our '57 Chevy where we wired one of the headlights on a toggle switch. We would wink at known oncoming cars. You would have to have been a kid to understand. I had forgotten about that.
Gary & Audrey
2010 camping days - 3