...I am looking to power a heater; a boot dryer; lighting; stereo; a small fridge or electric cooler; charging a camera, phone and possibly a lap top, not all at once but there may be times when more than one of these are running. I only want to do this once and I want to do it right the first time.
I intend to purchase a National Luna split charger kit; the manual can be found here http://www.nationalluna.com/Datasheets/ ... manual.pdf . I have altered their install instructions slightly by adding an Anderson plug between the two batteries to make for easy removability and portability.
The intelligent solenoid will be mounted under the hood. I want to mount the accessory battery (AGM) along with the fuse box, a couple 12 v plugs and possibly an inverter all into one box to create a portable power pack. Am I crazy or might this work? Should I just skip the work and buy a National Luna Portable Power Pack (http://www.nationalluna.com/PPPack.htm) or can I save money and do it on my own? Has anyone used National Luna gear?
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Where is the best place to wire into the cabin, I plan to have the battery pack mounted behind the driver seat with the Anderson plug coming out of the wall below the ashtray. Do I go under the van and up behind the seat or through the firewall into the cabin and under the carpet?
Is there any issue putting the Anderson plugs between the two batteries?
Do I need the fuse box after the accessory battery? If I plan on powering multiple items or are the fuses behind the battery enough protection? And without the fuse box how would I go about distributing the power?
Where should the inverter be wired, before or after the fuse box?
What inverter should I buy? From reading it seems like “pure sine wave” is the way to go but what specs should I look for?
Any suggestions for an AGM battery? What size should I get for running the previously mentioned accessories?
Thank you for any input.
Sean
