Thanks, Ed, this is very good information.

My batteries are on the other side of the coach from the dining area--in 
fact, they are right under the front passenger seat of the RV, in the 
driving area, so running connections to it may be a bit more difficult than 
your situation.

But, still, this is worth contemplating.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: recommendations for switching power supply for TS480


> Tom, my bats are under the steps right in front of the dining area so the
> power cord reaches. also.   If it did not I would extend the cord with 
> maybe
> number 10 wire through a fuse.   I have solar cells, 250 watts on top of 
> the
> M H so things stay pretty well charged.  If not you can run a charger from
> the 120 volts on the outside of the coach by running the on board 
> generator.
> The generator through the Inverter don't put much charge to the bats so a
> outboard charger works very well if needed.
> Ed K7UC
>