Powering up a Tambo camper trailer

Have a look at the Arrid Twin Charger for use with the car or Xtrail.

It mounts in the trailer and takes power from the vehicle battery to manage the charge of the trailer battery.

It basically means you don't need huge cables from you vehcle battery to the camper. The twin charge unit only _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx 20 amps from the vehicle battery.

A few of us caravanners use them.

Hi Matt

Read these two articles and they will help you work out what you need.

Battery-Charging

Battery-Power

Note: The Redarc can't be remote mounted but the ABR DBi-120 can.
Also buy a 4 stroke sine wave generator not a 2 stroke cheap unit. Depending on your budget you may consider solar.

Regards

Derek.

Matt,

I had my Tambo wired (ex-factory) with both 240 and 12DC. Battery was on board with charger mounted inside storage box. Had a 2KVA digital inverter generator which I found to be a waste of space and only used twice on a 12 month trip.

What vehicle will you be towing with because a dual battery system is the way to go. I had a Navara on the trip (ala rig page photo's) and had the Piranha unit with a second battery in the ute tub. I had a 50amp Anderson plug wired to the back bumper and a third 100AH Deep cycle in the storage box at the front of the trailer. Best way to go. It really depends on just what type of trip you're intending doing with the camper. If static in the bush for long periods, you may be better off with a solar panel as opposed to the generator.

If you can post an email address, I'll give you a wiring diagram of sorts for the trailer and a bit more info.

Cheers, Mick

mattd, i have a 110lt waeco and run 3 lights with a 115 deep cell, all through a anderson plug and most importantly 2 x 80w solar panels, never drained the battery yet.

cheers,

Lance