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curious where people are on this now
like one area of confusion is Amp Hours..
batteries list their Amp hours... and if you connect bunch of 12v together.... you ADD their amp hours...
but if you connect them to increase voltage.... to say 24v or 48v.. the amp hours so NOT add up.
butt...
recent articles on this subject
http://www.truckcamperadventure.com/2018/07/a-mad-scientists-take-on-the-ultimate-electrical-system-part-1/
http://www.truckcamperadventure.com/2018/08/a-mad-scientists-take-on-the-ultimate-electrical-system-part-2/
PS.... since this bulletin board is mostly; not all, but still mostly inhabited by folk interested in preserving military trucks there is not so much Overlanding truck build info in here. Nothing wrong with that, its just not the direction this board headed. Admit though there seems to be a...
so not to hijack another's thread..... starting thread here.
Am puting former ambulance box on back of mine for habitat. Going 24v in habitat for consistency such as using the habitat battery bank to keep truck battery OEM wired bank topped up. Also my cab AC (actually a liquid chiller) is 24v...