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I mean to say that in a parallel setup, depending on the wiring, one of the two batteries in the bank can be overworked and one (the daisy chained one) underworked. To make them work together like one big battery and last longer they are paralleled together but the wires leading to the rest of...

Looks like a palace to me, man! Have you heard of folks with hard floors like that using rolling office chairs to scoot around inside (to avoid stooping)? I've read one can get better performance/balance out of a 2x12v parallel bank by pulling the pos off one battery and the neg off the other...

The alternator can get hurt when folks idle the engine to charge the house bank; in the absence of cooling airflow from forward motion the alt overheats and dies early. If one drives normally the alt will safely help out with bulk charging, especially early in the morning. If you want to...

Have you cut the roof for the Maxx yet? I am happy with mine although the initial cost was $$$. Are you planning on installing an isolator/solenoid for alternator charging, too? It's simple, cheap, and makes an excellent partner for solar.

Excellent advice. I hear some folks have been run off BLM land for having "advertising" (logos/decals) on their vans. Magnetic sign might get around that, I guess.

White preserves stealth and reflects heat. The vast majority of vandwellers live in white vans.