My TRUCK CAMPER power setup! Easily DOUBLE battery capacity!

#brianwatersoutdoors #camping #truckcamping #portablepowerstation

As I go through all of my new truck camper build, I wanted to show you what I am planning on using for my setup, and how you can easily double your battery capacity very easily!

Here’s the stuff I’m using for this setup

REDODO 100AH 12.8 LifePo4 Battery

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GOAL ZERO YETI 1000x

NOCO 12v adapter

GOAL ZERO 12v Charger

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[MAMAN]

Why not just plug the battery in directly to the solar input of the GoalZero? Should work with no loss. My understanding is most of these will take 12-24v input in the solar port of a solar generator.

[stinkykd]

Note, the blue ringed barrel connectors are 8mm. GZ uses 6mm, but they are green rings and are used for output for lights. Inputs are 8mm or Anderson

[LiquidTurbo]

So I guess basically with a 12.8V 100AH expansion battery, it's the equivalent of 12.8 hours of perfect ideal sunshine with a 100W panel. Seems like a solid option compared to lugging around a solar panel.

[roseericson]

Question, if you have a solar panel could you reverse the set up so the net zero charges the battery while the solar charges the net zero?

[starlingblack]

Thanks Brian, more battery capacity at less cost than a larger power station is always desirable.

[mauricelopez]

Why not connected to solar input side?

[shaner.]

Even easier to just buy an EC8 connector and plug it into the expansion port, that's what it's for expanding the system, just make sure the voltage is the same when plugging in expansion battery, so test the port on yeti say its 12.4 and test battery say 12.2v charge to 12.4 then connect and let yeti manage the system. no converting power, no waste. simple. the expansion port is directly connected to battery, brms will still work on both as intended.

[ReneBPena]

Thanks for the video Brian, I have a dumb question, how do you charge your battery, do you hook up a battery charger to it at home and how long will it last on a normal camping trip?

[dailydouble]

I was using my power station with solar to keep my 60 amp hour lithium charged up never even dawned on me to go the other direction and my 12 V power box already has a 12v socket on top of it. Thank you for the different perspective.

[williammeszaros]

Hi Brian,
I want to buy the Redondo battery, and I have the yeti 3000x, can I use the 600watt wall charger from goal zero to charge up the Redondo? It has anderson connectors, is there a compatible cable to do this ? Thank you for your help !

[jakemcclellan]

Very informative video. As always enjoy your videos. P.S. if you need my phone number let me know. I replied to your email with all the info you should need. Have you ever had such a hard time giving away a gift? Thank you Jake McClellan The Oregon Boy

[davidesarey]

This may be a dumb question, but if you charge the Yeti with a solar and/or wall plug, will it also recharge the 12v external battery? If not, how are you charging the external battery?

[williammeszaros]

I have the yeti 3000x and it has 6mm 12v output, can I hook up the extra battery during the day (solar 600w) to this 12v output ?

[esiebert]

Cool idea, I have that same Redodo battery and also a Rockpals 600Wh unit, it came with the cig lighter input so all I need is that Noco adapter. The Rockpals has a 96w max input, what controls how many watts it will draw from the donor battery? Is it the BMS on the Redodo or does the Rockpals draw up to its max automatically. Also how does the Redodo know when to stop, I’m guessing you don’t want to run it down past a certain voltage which is bad for the battery.

[DylanDurdle]

Any tricks to recharge the external battery with solar when out on a trip?

[JAYFEATHERBOONDOCKS]

I disagree about the Bestek inverter being poor quality.

[im_not_mad]

Could I do this and also use the goal zero link and run it to my alternator?

[levidikausholway]

Ok so I have a 3000x yeti and I'm wondering if you can do this with say a big battery that has 6kwh

[mikesmith]

My deepcycle lead-acid battery is nearly new. Can I use it?? Thanks for any info.

[kal]

Good info! How will you recharge the extra battery at home? How long will it take to recharge?