Xantrex makes some great equipment. I had one in one of the previous boats I owned. If you buy one with a charger, you could probably go to AGM batteries at some point as I think most of their chargers are AGM compatible. And it would probably simplify making sure your charger is off when the inverter is running.
My family just bought 20 acres of rural property a couple of months ago that I will have access to with the RV next year, but I will have boondock as there is no power. So I am looking at running on my house batteries + propane for the fridge, oven, heater, lights, water pump, etc. I won't need an inverter, but I'll need some method of recharging the batteries.
Of course I could run the RV's genny, or even my Honda EU2000, but it's in the woods (nature), so I don't want to have the racket of a running genny, although the Honda is pretty quiet. So, I am thinking of buying a suitcase solar system:
http://www.renogy-store.com/100W-Por...t-stcs100d.htm
100 watts is not a lot, but hopefully it will be enough to charge the batteries each day with the small loads I anticipate having.
One thing I need to consider is reducing the load, and I think one issue with Thor coaches is the contactor that connects the batteries. That has to take a few Amp-Hours to keep closed. Why Thor didn't just put in a marine-type manual ON/OFF switch that takes no juice rather than a contactor that requires power to run off the batteries seems kind of dumb to me.
So I may have to retrofit the coach and get rid of the contactor.
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