I notified customer service of the problem. My new converter arrived ten days after it was ordered, but had a blemish. At $230 including economy shipping, the Boondocker seemed like a good deal to me. Randy at Best Converter assured me that I could do the installation myself and that the Boondocker would be compatible with my solar system as well as the AGM battery I planned on installing. They had a replacement converter (Boondocker BPC1260) that had smart charging technology and was a direct replacement for my old Elixer.Īfter further research, this was the only converter I found that would fit into the same space the Elixer had occupied. Because this area also stores my battery and my fresh water tank, the power converter had to fit into a space that was less than 7-inches deep.Īn internet search for power converters led me to Best Converter.
The power converter in my camper is located in the front bulkhead of my truck camper. A new power converter with smart charging technology would sense the state of charge of the battery and apply exactly the right amount of charge to keep the battery operating at peak efficiency. Single stage chargers were fine for the flooded batteries used when my camper was built, but they are a very poor choice for charging more modern batteries. Upon checking further, I learned that the Elixer-ELX45 was a single stage charger. Well, I hadn’t dropped it, so I suspected my 14 year old Elixer-ELX45 Power Converter had overcharged the battery and ruined it. He told me the two worst things you can do to a battery is drop it or overcharge it. Suspecting my deep-cycle marine battery had gone bad, I spoke with the owner of Remy Battery in Milwaukee. I checked the solar system and it seemed to be working fine.
I was certain this was caused be the out gassing of my flooded, lead acid on board batteries as they were being charged. Additionally, I had a recurring problem of my LP and CO alarms going off. Even though we have a 200-watt solar panel system to charge our battery, our battery did not have enough power to run our 2004 Palomino Maverick truck camper all night.
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With a little help from his friends, the install was relatively easy, and yielded great results.īoondocking and stealth camping are a lot of fun, but not so much so when your on board batteries quit working. Arn Chamberlain shares the story of how he upgraded his truck camper power converter.
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