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Has anybody tried this for auxillary power?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by stylez80Nine, Apr 14, 2019.

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  1. Apr 14, 2019 #1
    stylez80Nine

    stylez80Nine Light Load Member

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    Ok so I’ve been looking into a way to get power since I can’t idle the truck. a generator might not be good because of the gasoline. here it goes!
    Deep cycle Marine battery, 700w pure sine wave inverter, a small lighter inverter to charge the battery when I drive with a battery charger trickle? Would this work? Would only be using the marine battery an hr a day after I finicky my day. How long would this battery last? Thanks in advance!
     
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  3. Apr 14, 2019 #2
    Tombstone69

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    That's funny, I just came into some 18v solar panels and just for kicks I was going to put one on the roof of my p/u and see if it will charge an isolated battery. If it works well, I've got 2 more I'm going to put on my sleeper(it has a dual battery 12v system for air and lights).
     
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  4. Apr 14, 2019 #3
    flybynight12

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    Do a diesel generator
     
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  5. Apr 14, 2019 #4
    Chinatown

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    I've seen trucks with solar panels on the roof.
     
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  7. Apr 14, 2019 #5
    Hulld

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    No need to charge your battery with an inverter/ trickle charger.
    Hook the deep cycle battery to the batteries on the truck.
    You can diode protect the truck batteries so you could run the deep cycle battery completely dead and not have any effect on killing the truck batteries.
    Wiring it this way when you run the truck it still charges the deep cycle battery.
    This is exactly the set up I run on my car trailer for my deep cycle battery that runs my hydraulic pump for my hydraulic decks on the trailer.
     
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    Old Man

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    Why do you need a pure sine wave inverter?
     
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  9. Apr 14, 2019 #7
    stylez80Nine

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    Maybe it could run my stuff better don’t know much Bout this
     
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  10. Apr 14, 2019 #8
    stylez80Nine

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    Thanks for this don’t know if I can connect it to the truck battery as I’m a company driver but would like to see some videos for educational purposes.
     
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  11. Apr 14, 2019 #9
    stylez80Nine

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    Though about this but for me would have to be where I can remove it since I’m a company driver
     
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  12. Apr 14, 2019 #10
    spindrift

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    As an isolated system, this would work. I understand the dilemma regarding the company truck. I had to disconnect all of the wiring for my inverter just before my truck went in for a PM. A real pain, but doable
     
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