A Better Setup For The New Travel Season - Ugrades for RV Motorhome - Power Queen Lithium Battery

[@KatyInNH]

So great when things come together!!!!

[@DavesRVLife]

It's getting there! :)

[@ernielansford8710]

In a few years your grandchild would love to sleep in the RV with granddaddy. The table into a bed is ideal.

[@lindabarker7142]

You're Sweating the details.

[@SpknTC13]

Hope you make it west Dave! I got 2 pups that would love to meet Bella! ~M

[@DavesRVLife]

I hope to make it West this year as well!

[@rvpandamonium]

Funny 😂 I had thought to do the same for my dinette 👍 Moo-moo missses her brush 🐶❤️

[@DavesRVLife]

I might try to make a shelf for under the TV for the xbox and other clutter that ends up on the dinnette. I just can't bring myself to make a permanent change to the dinette. There is 2,051 miles between Moomoo and her brush! lol

[@rvpandamonium]

@@DavesRVLife 😄👍🐶♥

[@debraporter1797]

Everything is looking good Dave. You never stop?

[@DavesRVLife]

Thank you! Yes I stop, often longer thn I should.

[@jackie6582]

Getting things done good job👍🤗 give Bella Bella a big hug for me❤️

[@edithtrowbridge1775]

Put a lagun table system there

[@FTRVDenny]

12 gauge is rated for 20 amp, 14 gauge is rated for 15 amp. 10gauge is rated for 30 amp, 8 gauge is for 40 amp, 6 gauge is 50amp, 4 gauge is rated up to 85 amps @ 75 degrees Celsius. All of these numbers and ratings are the safety factors for COPPER wire by the NEC. Connecting a 12 gauge wire to an 80 amp device can and will start a fire if it's not protected by a max 20 amp fuse or breaker

[@KyleKrieg]

I agree. 4 awg for 80 amp.

[@russelbaird3342]

Those ratings are for 120 V ac power , Dave is working with dc till he hits the converter . He will need to use the formula for dc when figuring wire size for the amount of amps he will be using . Amps are the power being consumed . Each device will have an ampere rating on it .the NEC can give him the necessary formulas, or Dave may know them , he is a smart guy.

[@FTRVDenny]

@@russelbaird3342 Being an electrician I can tell you that regardless of AC or DC amperage and wire sizing are the same on both

[@russelbaird3342]

@@FTRVDenny also an electrician , retired with over 50 years of service . And yes Amps are amps , the difference is in how you figure the amounts . Go back to your magic triangle , E over I and R , and plug in the values using 12 volts , then 120 volts .

[@FTRVDenny]

@@russelbaird3342 I just did the calculation and researched it to verify and as expected, the correct wire size for a 12v DC 80A circuit is 4AWG Copper

[@joshuapereira3787]

GOOD MORNING BEST DAVE BELLA KZbin CANADA ONTARIO VIDEO 🇨🇦🇨🇦🍀🌿🍃🍃🍃🐕

[@dianewolfe3056]

Write a note of what is in your storage and put it on an upper cabinet door, so you will know where you stored what!

[@DavesRVLife]

Good morning!

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

great vid on channel thanks lee

[@sjackson99]

I think someone is making a covered parking space for their new boat.

[@bjg6695]

Dave look under the dash on passenger side seat. Our 1986 pace has a 110v plug there. I owned it two years before I found it.

[@DavesRVLife]

Thanks, I looked and there's not one there. The Bounder had one, but not the Coachmen.

[@Ellyfromhereandthere]

I mentioned it back when you were mounting it that it was too high. I believe I said something about grandkids.

[@DavesRVLife]

I remember that! You were right! :)

[@Ellyfromhereandthere]

@@DavesRVLife you never know when you will have the pleasure of little humans invading your space! ✌🏻❤️‍🩹

[@StateNewsService]

@davesrvlife Hi Dave, if your stuck and need to dispose of that battery I’m willing to take it off your hands, 😂 lol

[@DavesRVLife]

lol :) ... I have other plans for it, but thanks!

[@Capn.Nemo.]

Dave, a day bed ??😂

[@trevorpat-lifeontherun]

👍

[@suethornton2055]

❤❤

[@jgbaker70]

What brand is the inverter that you are using?

[@garyfickhesen2097]

Hey Dave a good cheap idea I did in my rv.go to temu I ordered these cabinet lights rechargeable and bright like 5 bucks a piece I use them in all my cabinets cupboards pantry they simply stick up on magnets and are Rechargeable gives you light like under your seat

[@DavesRVLife]

I have some of those in both the Coachmen and the van. They work out very good!

[@garyfickhesen2097]

@@DavesRVLife I was thinking about those when you were struggling in the dark under the bench with the batteries just a thought

[@myk55501]

Hey, Dave I run a separate battery for my refrigerator I have an inverter charger on one. And then my other batteries for everything else is separate with separate Chargers and inverters I have two solar panels for the refrigerator on the roof and the other solar panels go to the other inverters. This way if the other stuff on my other inverters blows up or something it doesn't take out my refrigerator my refrigerator separate so I don't starve to death😂 have you looked in your walls underneath your refrigerator and in your hallway the walls they have a lot of dead space in there that you can redo and make it into a battery storage area and put a door on my old RV I did that with you'd be surprised how much storage space there is Behind the Walls there. The other thing is you need to put a grill in the wall of that seat where the battery is two reasons one it gets are that way and the other in case you ever have an overload or a wire burn on you and it starts smoking it gives you more time so the alarm goes off now I put a smoke detector in with my where my inverter and chargers are I also have that Tang fire suppression system

[@DavesRVLife]

We have similar systems. The system under the dinette is seperate from the main house system and is primarily for the refrigerator for the same reasons that you have stated. That system and the house system each have their own batteries, inverter, charger and 500w of solar each. The Bounder had those dead spaces you spoke of, but unfortunately, the Coachmen wasn't built that way.

[@billbaxter2914]

Dave couldn’t your charge fit under the seat with the battery?

[@DavesRVLife]

It would, but I'd rtaher not have to cut ventalation holes in that compartment.

[@susanstrickland6774]

🙂👍

[@lindakrusyna7275]

Will your friend be building some retaining wall?

[@DavesRVLife]

No, it will be a gentle slope bank that can be mowed easily

[@sabinochalpara9920]

I miss see Bella in this one

[@DavesRVLife]

She was there, a little. :)

[@m.d.grimes1622]

😁😁😎😎👍👍💙💙

[@jerrywiese9722]

nice update. You move your camera too fast in some cases.

[@jackie6582]

🙋‍♀️🌻

[@zakksrage]

16 gauge is only good for 8 amps max……. That is speaker wire. You need 10-2 minimum

[@DavesRVLife]

80 amps is the 12v output. It only draws about 1200 watts of 110v

[@Luvpig]

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