Upgrading My RV Battery Bank for Dry Camping

UPDATE: Check out my completed DIY boondocking system - http://www.loveyourrv.com/diy-rv-boon... See Full Blog post with schematic diagram - http://www.loveyourrv.com/upgrading-m... In this video, I detail the upgrade of my Keystone Cougar fifth wheel trailers battery capacity to 464 amp hours by installing 4 Interstate 6-volt golf cart style lead-acid batteries. Updates I've upgraded the wires to larger gauge 2/0 and shorter once I met up with a buddy that could do custom cables for me - http://www.loveyourrv.com/wp-content/... Here is my boondocking system as it basically sits today - http://www.loveyourrv.com/diy-rv-boon... The only changes I've made was to swap out a damaged ground panel - http://www.loveyourrv.com/replacing-d... and added a catastrophic fuse right to the battery post - http://www.loveyourrv.com/installed-c... The system has worked well for our needs, rarely need to run the generator anymore. Cheers, Ray They are mounted in a new plastic marine grade battery box inside the rig's front storage compartment. This will be the heart of my off-grid power system. I also show the wiring of my solar charge controller, 1000 watt pure sine wave inverter, fuses and breakers, and the battery disconnect switch. See my recent Renogy 200-watt solar power kit install video -    • Installing a Renogy 200W Solar Kit on my RV   ----------------------------------- Follow our RVing adventures at http://www.loveyourrv.com and http://rvhappyhour.com Connect with Love Your RV! Pinterest ►   / loveyourrv   Google+ ► https://plus.google.com/+LoveYourRVon... Facebook ►   / loveyourrv   Twitter ►   / loveyourrv   Blog Feed ► http://feeds.feedburner.com/LoveYourRV Monthly Newsletter ► http://www.loveyourrv.com/mailing-lis... Don't forget to Subscribe! ► http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...