SOLAR — ARE YOU DOING IT RIGHT?
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my time exploring the remotest regions of Australia, 12V issues are the biggest cause of angst — especially batteries and how best to keep them charged. We fill our rigs and campers with so much electrical gear these days that our alternators can sometimes struggle to produce enough power to keep it all going. This is especially the case with modern vehicles and their ‘smart’ alternators or when travel is so slow and the revs are so low that the alternator just doesn’t cut it.
The other problem that often rears its ugly head is with starter batteries. They aren’t designed to handle long stretches of
