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Here's the install video. It took about 4 to 5 hours, but I'm not the fastest person anymore. ruclips.net/video/cW-v2OV2T1w/видео.html

Also here is a final install tips video ruclips.net/video/FwGLK2o5fCM/видео.html

i bought a 6000 btu duel inverter window a/c. it runs around 600-watts for the first 15 minutes of cooling and then it goes down to about 200-watts of power use. Also, because it's an inverter a/c I don't get a power spike. it will cool an open space roughly 24ft long. My rv is 18ft. and it cools it great!

​@@familyrvlivingI didn't know about dual inverter AC. Thanks.

LG makes it. It is extremely efficient. Here is my install video ruclips.net/video/cW-v2OV2T1w/видео.html

This is a great idea! I only drink two cups of coffee a day, so I use the personal size keurig machine. It uses 800-watts, but only needs to be turned on for about 40 seconds.

I 100% agree. The costs are sooo low now for lifepo4 batteries. I never found a need for a portable large power station so I never had a reason for it

@@familyrvliving True, but even with SLA i would still build my own power station, and i have built a few actually with 7.4ah SLA ups type batteries. My latest portable is a 100ah LiFePo4 with a 1000 watt PSW inverter attached to it. The charge controller/solar panel is connected when necessary.

@@lawrencedavidson6195 Awesome! I've been thinking about building a homemade 100Ah power station. I plan to connect an SAE cable to the battery, so I can use an MPPT controller like this one amzn.to/4efENMk. That way, I can use the MPPT for both my RV and the power station. I already have a 160-watt portable solar panel.

Yes, but you need to install a 6000 btu dual inverter LG air conditioner. It uses about 600-watts of power for about 15 minutes and then it kicks down to around 200-watts of power. What I did is removed my microwave and installed it in that spot. I have a video on the installation process. ruclips.net/video/cW-v2OV2T1w/видео.html You need to make sure you have plenty of air movement for it to be efficient. FYI: I only used the microwave for boiling water, so I found a low watt pot for that purpose.

2 280ah batteries should be fine, but you might need at least 1100 watts of solar to keep it going, or a 1500-watt generator amzn.to/4ebh53Y and 3 victron ip22 chargers to keep them charged amzn.to/4ecPeQR

you might be able to only use two victron ip22 chargers amzn.to/4ecPeQR

I know that fan is noisy, but sadly you can't run it at a slower speed. The fan needs to run at a minimum speed to keep the air conditioner from freezing up. If it ran any slower then the coils would freeze. The sound deadeners help get rid of the high pitch noises, but on these air conditioners you'll never get them quiet. That's one of the reasons I switched to a window air conditioner. The window air conditioner is SUPER QUIET. And it uses hardly any watts. Pretty soon I'm going to be testing a rooftop 12v air conditioner, so I'll let you know how quiet it is.

It will only put out 6000 btu's but 6000 btu's can easily cool down a 24 ft RV. It's about the same efficiency as an 11,000 btu mini split, but it really shines on efficiency when you don't need that amount of cooling power. A great example is when it's 85 degrees outside and you don't need that much cooling power. In these situations it will only use around 200-watts of power to cool your RV. The duel inverter gets really efficient in these situations.

I love that idea! just a simple switch to save money.

On my RV I have a 110 toggle switch for the air conditioner. That way I can toggle from the solar/battery, to the shore power when I need it. It works quick and easy.

yeah I keep it listed on my website so I don't have to go to multiple areas to maintain the links. Here are the links: familyrvliving.com/RV-Gear/Solar-Setup familyrvliving.com/RV-Gear/Low-Wattage-RV-Appliances familyrvliving.com/RV-Gear/RV-Comfort-Items

@@familyrvliving Looks interesting, thanks.

@@paulpvhl1930 Yeah, I am constantly working on the website, but you know how it is. I'm working my real job and trying to fill in here when I can as much as possible

@@familyrvliving Right. As a former open source sw developer with hw design and repair ability (and soon back at it again as a pensioner), I understand completely! Looking forward to looking at your suggestions as I rebuild an old boat, truck, and RV for solar/generator use. Thanks again.

@@paulpvhl1930 Yeah I can definitely relate. My path went from autobody for 15 years, to asp.net development for 15 years, to conference management and SEO contracting.

I'm not sure about Vtoman. You might have to contact the manufacturer of Vtoman and ask about options that are mounted to the roof of an rv. Suggest to them eco-worthy amzn.to/3AtQd0d . They should be able to give you options for that, since they don't sell a roof mount option. Then if you want a portable option, you can take the data off of the eco-worthy and translate it over to a portable option.

Here it is: amzn.to/4fMgUNC I also used this on my cabinet that I stored my power inverter in. I can barely hear the fan of the inverter now.

Thanks. Yeah it cost me 3 coffee makers to figure this out.

@@familyrvliving LOL!

I'm loving my eco-worthy 280ah battery. I've had it now for 9 months and I've put it through some really good testing. I run an air conditioner off of it and I discovered that when it's 100 degrees outside, the battery and a/c barely keep up, but in those 100 degree days I have a generator to recharge the system.

Thanks. I'm going to try to use the words gooder and funner in some of my upcoming gooder videos. lol

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This battery has a 200a bms so the max you can discharge at once is 2400-watts. The battery contains 3584wh of power so it would take about 1 and a half hours to completely discharge at 2400-watts. Now I'll give you my personal opinion of what this battery is good for. I think if you have one of these batteries, I would use a max of 1200-watt appliances, which means I would use only a 1200-watt pure sine inverter. But if you are chaining these batteries together then you could go much higher. I only use one of these batteries, but this battery can run everything I need it to, including my window air conditioner. I just chose appliances that stay within my wattage. I only buy appliances that are rated 1000-watt or lower. You would be surprised how many great appliances there are that only need 1000-watts. I have an entire section on my website that shows these low wattage appliances. A great example is that I have an 11 inch skillet. It is rated at 1000-watts, but it actually only uses 730-watts to cook at 350 degrees.

I still check the psi before a trip. But this way I can just look in the rear view mirror to spot a trailer destroying problem before it happens.

I’m going to do a capacity test this month. But I did run them down to 50ahs already and they were pretty accurate. I ran my window ac off of it and it did a great job.

​@@familyrvliving how long did the ac run on that 230ah of usage

@@huskyboystv1806 So in the hottest days of summer when it was 100 degrees outside and HORRIBLE humidity I could get two days before needing to recharge it with the generator, but on the normal days of summer when it was about 85 degrees outside and average humidity and running the a/c from 7pm to 9am and then running the a/c for 2 hours for lunch time, I am able to get about 20 days before needing to recharge it by the generator. I think if I just had 200-watts more power on the roof I'd be able to run without the generator (weather permitting). But for the cost, I'm happy just having 500-watts on the roof and running the generator once in a while. P.s. the generator required to recharge the batteries is only 1000-watts and SUPER QUIET and only takes 1 gallon of gas to recharge the battery

@@familyrvliving so you saying you ran an ac for 2 solid days in the summer. What ac was this cause I'm gonna have to go that route

@@huskyboystv1806 it's a window airconditioner called the LG 6000btu duel inverter. I love it because it works and it's quiet.

The sound deadening material is sticky on one side, so you just stick it to the edges. I have a full video on my channel showing the material and the installation.

Yep. anymore and you'll have a chance of breaking stuff

It all depends on what you call a investment. If traveling around the USA and Canada seeing cool scenery and making memories with someone you love. That's worth more to a lot of people than $$$

​@@davidvictory8066Yup!

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Good to know. Will definitely remember that.

True, but the freezer block that I have fits in the freezer really great and doesn't waste much space.

A lot of them are just propane/12v or 110. So you really need this for those models.

The generator is a power smart 1500 watt for $250. It’ll run your ac and still have enough power to recharge your batteries

I have a breakdown of all the costs on my website.

Parallel panels are all independent so when one goes down it doesn’t take them all down. But series are wired together. So when one goes down they all go down.

Thanks for the tip!!!

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Bahaha beat me to it

True, a usb could do this, but not all films will play on all tv's. that's why I created a video that everybody could have an easy solution for this.

That is a really nice all in one solution. I'll definitely contact them to see if they want me to review it. It fits perfectly with my channel theme of low watts.

Nice setup. yeah mine uses around 250 to 400 watts during the sunny days and around 100 to 200-watts during the night. I love it for its size as it will cook up to a 24ft RV. Any bigger than 24ft. and you really need to use a mini split.

@@familyrvliving if your unit only uses 250-400 watts then the ecoflow ac unit would absolutely cool your RV because 400 watts is equivalent to 4000btus and the ecoflow was 5100btu output.

you shouldn't judge the AC unit based on the Seer rating number. I think window units are more efficient than you are claiming. 300 percent cooling to watts ratio is normal for air conditioners, imo.

@@uhjyuff2095 true, the ecoflow is rated at 5100 btu of cooling power, but it creates a ton of loss because of the way the cooling power is transferred through those tubes, so the real world cooling power is much MUCH lower. You can see this loss because everyone that uses the ecoflow can only cool a van. Those units can't even cool a small 18ft. RV. But LG's 6000 btu inverter window air conditioner has an efficient design to exhaust the heat. This means that my 6000 btu LG inverter air conditioner can easily cool my 18ft. RV. The proof is that I can actually do this, where the proof is that ecoflow's unit can only cool a van. You can see a bunch of RUclips videos supporting this data.

@@uhjyuff2095 This is true because window units can exhaust the heat more efficiently.

I'm glad it worked for you. I don't understand why they don't just do this at the factory. It's such a cheap and easy fix.

Wow, that's a great setup! Finding a campsite for $100 per month on the East Coast is incredibly rare. I understand how tough it can be to find affordable camping options there. I recommend checking out the website/app "thedyrt.com" for good deals on camping spots. On a different note, I struggled to find a low-wattage cooking skillet. I finally found an 11-inch skillet that only uses up to 900 watts, and typically just 700 watts. It's almost as big as a standard skillet but much more energy-efficient. I'll leave the link below if you're interested. It's often out of stock, so keep an eye on it. Thanks for the awesome comments, and happy camping! Skillet Link - amzn.to/3VVR1TU

It works great. It actually cuts out the high to mid frequencies so the decibels don't go down much but the tones that annoy us go down drastically.

Thanks. My main goal was to design it so I wouldn't run over 1000 watt devices. This keeps me in check to make sure I don't over drain the battery. Some items are hard to keep below 1000 watts but I think I've found solutions to everything that I can plug into the system.

on trailer tires it's the recommended cold psi. It's stamped on the tire. My tire psi is 90psi so on mine I have 90 psi in the tires

Yes, I have another video testing if this can stay on permanently. That test shows how long and your options.

Here's the link to the fulltime running test ruclips.net/video/9rqQYJogQMk/видео.html

Yep. The air conditioner is the LG ThinQ duel inverter air conditioner amzn.to/4dkJXqr

It's in high demand so you might have to wait a week for it to come back in stock. If you use my link, I get a small commission but it doesn't charge that commission to you. It charges it to the seller.

I love that battery. It's the perfect amount of power and a great size.

Could you run AC around the clock on like Eco mode. Where it shuts off when temp is reached?

@@JWTX on a 280ah battey it runs around the clock for about 5 days. then you would need a generator to recharge the batteries. I use a Victron IP22 charger 30ah and a Powersmart 1500 watt inverter generator. here are the two that I use. Victron IP22 amzn.to/46HI9UH Powersmart Generator amzn.to/3FnamE6. The neat things is that you can still run the air conditioner, while you are recharging the battery.

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I still have my view from the dining room and kitchen. The reason I removed the window shade is because my arms hit them all night long and it wakes me up. They’re just annoying.