Hi...When you finally make your choice, you will probably want a system to monitor the state of your batteries, charging rates, battery temps and many other functions of your electrical systems including auto start of your gen set should your batteries get tooooo low....Monitoring and maintaining a system is one of the most important things you can do after you have installed the system of your choice. So you may wish to consider a system that has the required options that can do this for you.This information is just food for thought, if you or others have not yet thought about monitoring after the fact...SteveHere is one sample of many systems that can do this for you to give you an idea of what is possible... • Windows®-based.• Operates on commonly available PCs and laptops.• Displays all readings on a single screen. Graphical images indicate power routing.• You see the present condition of your system at a glance.• Calculates watts, battery temperature, generator run time and Kilowatt-hours.• You see information that is not readily obtained from the charger/inverter/converter itself.• Keeps a running history of readings.• You see minimum, maximum and average values for the past hour, day, week, etc.• Compares readings against selectable high and low limits.• You see and hear when a reading has gone beyond your threshold of comfort.• Outputs to file the accumulated hourly readings every day.• You can see and compare past system performance using a spread-sheet program.• You can fully control your charger/inverter/converter from your PC, just like using the charger/inverter/converter’s own control panel that will most likely be stuffed into one of your bays.
Perhaps my situation is unique. If we're going to want sandwiches, etc. while traveling...we'll make them ahead of time. My wife has a handicap (my problem) and I don't allow here to wander about the bus when it's moving. The reefer will maintain cold all day unless it's opened a number of times. Our traveling habits are to put what we're going to want, water, juices and sandwichesin a cooler. We're in our 70's and NO kids on board ....EVER!
Steve,Who distributes the WinVerter software?Will it work with the newer Xantrex inverter/chargers or just Trace units? Specifically the 4024?ThanksChuck