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I'll keep that in mind. I haven't put the battery back in yet. But we shall see when I do. My renogy charge controller will be in Tuesday too. I'm hoping to have it all buttoned up soon. Question is it necessary to put like a breaker in line somewhere with the solar setup?

Battery is good. Must of just got low from sitting

Click. But in my cigarette lighter is my cell phone charger and I noticed the light on it and my radio went dem. I pulled the battery yesterday day and been charging it. I'll be taking it to batteries plus for them to check it. It's a interstate battery 2 years old. Says 5 year warranty so we shall see today.

no I haven't. I'm just going to move on from that controller. you hear anything on renogy charge controllers? I may go with the renogy rover 30 amp https://www.ebay.com/itm/Renogy-Rover-PG-30A-MPPT-Solar-Charge-Controller-Auto-12V-24V-Battery-Regulator/163095184322 I called the company and they said they offer a 1 year warranty. looks like morning star offers 5 year warranty which is really nice

I have a question, so right now I have all my coach wires disconnected from the coach batteries ( for I'm waiting on the new charge controller) Yesterday I went to start the RV to move it back a little to make room for a little ford ranger pickup I bought and it wouldn't even turn over. like my start battery was to low to start. does it all have to be wired up to turn over? or is my start battery going south too? I had ordered that charge controller and it arrived with the LCD screen broken out in it. the seller sent me a new one and it arrived with a Amazon return slip in it from someone else saying this unit doesn't work. crazy thing is I bought mine from EBAY. its been a complete run around. I asked the seller to just refund my money. I was wondering instead of going with a cheaper Chinese charge controller, is there a reputable brand that stands behind the product they produce. I just want it done and done right.

I'd like a little motor on it. But that means I need to register the boat in nv. And after my 59 rambler my buick my harley the toyota and now this little trailer if I get it. I'm tired of the NV DMV they get a lot of money from me yearly

Hi Linda good morning and thank you. My hitch is in good shape. Wife and kids really want a little paddle boat l. Thanks for the info. It doesn't have to be foldable storing it would make it easier for me tho.

https://m.harborfreight.com/1195-lbs-capacity-48-in-x-96-in-heavy-duty-folding-trailer-62648.html https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/sun-dolphin-5-person-pedal-boat-with-canopy?cm_vc=-10005 How much reinforcement is needed to pull something like this off. It's not a lot of weight

I have updated all coach lights to led. I have updated the fridge runs on propane. I would like a small 12v tv/dvd for at night when I go to bed. I have Yuge dreams. I also have a 3k onan genny in my rv. I'm considering pulling it out to save weight it weighs close to 200lbs

I purchased whatever wme said but I got a 30amp in case I wasn't more panels down the road. https://www.ebay.com/itm/30A-MPPT-Solar-Charge-Controller-Max-Panel-100V-Common-Negative-12V-24V-Auto-/264081666078?txnId=2392387960016 It should be here by the 26th

Makes me nervous to run this sunforce charge controller again. My current charge controller seemed to work fine until I added that 75w flex panel. When I seen the low volts of the flex panel i pulled it down off the coach. I spent some of the day building a new battery box to hold both 6v. I have 2 other 75w flex panels and they are around 13 to 14 as well. I got them used very used apparently haha.

Maineah I am unable to figure out how to check current. I have attached a pic of my cheap meter maybe you can tell me what setting it needs to be on and how Found if I reduce the pic size on my camera the forum will let me upload a photo

I just hooked the volt meter to each one of my panels My 135w kyocera (I may have spelled that wrong) is running steady at 20.4v My 75 watt flex panel is going from 13.77 to 13.80 It is a good clear day phone says its 50 degrees but feels like 70 in the sun.

Ok alarm is set for noon

Folks I'm sorry for flaking out. I won't give a bunch of excuses. I have pulled the 12v coach battery took I took it down to batteries plus who said it was shot. Build date on battery was like Nov 2017. While I was there I bought two new Duracell 6v batteries. I don't trust me my charge controller. I'm wondering if anyone can direct me to a decent charge controller for 120 or less these new batteries. I cant get the forum to upload my photos so here is a link of what batteries I got. https://www.batteriesplus.com/battery/sli/bci-group-gc2/sligc115

ok will do and no its not connected to shore power thank you

I just doubled check, it's now showing 20.4. I have all LED lights inside and it wont even turn on a light. the original (but generic) battery level indictor says 1/2 batt. when I started this thread 11/6/18 my battery worked good. I don't think I installed anything wrong. red to red black to black. I first noticed it about 3 weeks ago. but didn't pay much mind. now wish I did. I could not check the volts at the battery (ME I think VOM is Volt ohm meter) its dark outside and raining pretty good today.

so I went into my Dolphin today. and was looking at my charge controller and noticed it said 17.6 volts. how is that? do these charge controllers go bad? after my furnace ran for about 5 to 10 min I could def tell my battery was draining. I feel like it roasted my battery.

Yes you can. That's how I found out it was way over 12volts. I ended up exchanging them for 3 75 watt 12v panels. I'm trying to determine how many watts I really need. Right now I have a 135watt panel but I now could add 225 more watts giving me 360watts but I'm not sure i need that much. I do want to add a 12v tv with a built in DVD player but other than that, that's it. Right now I'm going to get two 6 volt batteries.

No labeling on the new panel. Which is a bummer. It was about high noon and do not have it worked up yet. Just had it laying in my driveway when I tested it. Maineah are you saying I can still wire it in just not together but separately to the charge controller? I'm going to see about exchanging it

I been goofing around with solar panels. I currently have a 135watt kyocera panel with a Sunforce 12v 30amp digital charge controller. My question is picked up another panel was told its 175 watt 12v panel, but when I hook up my volt meter to it, it gives a reading of about 33.3 volts. That's way over 12v. Is that ok or was I miss informed on this panel being 12v. I'm worried it's too many volts for my 12v charge controller and battery.

I see. thank you Derek Up North.

do the smaller 18 ft Dolphins from 77 need the full float axle? I noticed this one has the 5 lug. but its only 18 feet. thanks for all the help.

what an awesome rig.

I wanted to finish this thread. Over the weekend I worked on my Dolphin. And I drilled out the spot under each side that had the sticker speaker wires pre wired here. and sure enough the wires were there. I pulled my head unit out (CD player and under the carpet was the other end of the wires. hooked it all up and it worked/sounds great.