My Battery cut off Switch mod

[Ray Arnold]

Well it’s been a while since I posted anything, so I thought I would share the latest mod to my Popup, a battery cut off switch. I tried to make it entertaining, this is kind of a video slideshow, hope you enjoy Ray and Utah's Page

Ray&Karen Utah,Bo,and Mister.
2008 Fleetwood Avalon
2001 chevy silvarado 8.1

 

[Funrover]

Well done.. and you toped it with a video..not just pics..... Man I feel lazy now haha

 

[bburgcamper]

And here I was proud when I simply installed a battery on my popup. Time to raise my standards. Well done.

Jeff and Nicole
'84 Dodge Pickup 2002 Jayco Qwest 10x
Nights camped 2008: 18 off the ground and 20 w boy scouts

 

[DelorFamily]

What program did you use to make the video?

New owner of 2006 Jayco M-1007

 

[kmh1596]

Very nice work! Impressive video too. <img src=../Images/icons/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle alt="Smile">

*Kevin*
<img src=../Images/icons/icon_smile_pu.gif border=0 align=middle alt="PopUp"> 2001 Starcraft Constellation Gemini <img src=../Images/icons/icon_smile_suv.gif border=0 align=middle alt="Tow Vehicle"> 96 Cherokee 2dr 5spd,
Booked '09: 54 <img src=../Images/icons/icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle alt="Tongue">

 

[cksteele]

Very nice work..

chuck

2008 palimino stampede hybrid
2005 chevy silverado

 

[Ray Arnold]

I used Pinnacle Studio 11 for the video,there is a version 12 now.
I wanted to use power point but had a hard time getting it posted to the web.
Ray

Ray&Karen Utah,Bo,and Mister.
2008 Fleetwood Avalon
2001 chevy silvarado 8.1

Edited by - Ray Arnold on March 16 2009 13:31:15

 

[jdpenn]

Excellent job! I'm impressed.

JD
2007 Fleetwood Williamsburg
Carlisle, PA

 

[BuddyBear]

<b>WOW</b>
Impressed, Oh heck ya.
Your switch mod is great but to do a vidio of it, dang Ray Arnold you just raised the bar..<img src=../Images/icons/icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle alt="Cool">
Very cool.
I can't wait for Part 2.
Keep on Mod'n
<img src=../Images/icons/icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle alt="Tongue">
BB

'07 Niagara
'04 GMC 2500HD CC

 

[mgwerks]

Ray, that's great coverage of a fine mod!

I would offer one suggestion, though. one of your statements mentions "add a Inverter for some ac for a quiet morning coffee maker." I can't tell you how much juice this is going to suck from those batteries! Generally any load that is resistive rather than inductive draws a proportionately large load. If you're going to be boondocking, one might consider an old-style percolator over propane.

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1999 Jayco Eagle 12SO pushing a F350 PowerStroke CrewCab 4WD long bed monster

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Edited by - mgwerks on March 17 2009 18:40:11

 

[Ray Arnold]

mgwerks: I think you may be right,I have a Coleman drip coffee maker that does a good job, I can use it on a built in camp stove outside the pop up, I know those Inverters suck up a lot of battery power, and the mod I had in mind would of required running some 4 ga cable about 6 or 7 feet to the inside of the pop up, I plan on installing 2 6 volt batters just for the extra AH I would have. I guess I need to get some boon docking under my belt before I get to radical <img src=../Images/icons/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle alt="Smile">

Ray&Karen Utah,Bo,and Mister.
2008 Fleetwood Avalon
2001 chevy silvarado 8.1 is history
Now its a 2007 Chevy Tahoe

Edited by - Ray Arnold on March 17 2009 20:52:39

Edited by - Ray Arnold on March 17 2009 21:09:35

 

[Ray Arnold]

This is just an Update on the new link rather then call it "New Page 1" It's now called Ray and Utah's Popup mod Page
sorry for the mess up.

Ray&Karen Utah,Bo,and Mister.
2008 Fleetwood Avalon
2001 chevy silvarado 8.1 is history
Now its a 2007 Chevy Tahoe