[cknuth]

Thanks for the tip, Forest. I'm puzzled about why it's OK (in the original Newell design) to send constant alternator voltage to the house battery during travel, but we're much more careful with the inverter/charger settings that charge the house battery on shore/genny power. That does seem to be a controllable feature on the Sterling chargers.

I'm working on my load calcs to establish battery sizing and recharge time/current. The drive-every-day dry camping scenario brings the importance of the alternator into focus. Naturally, one would like to get the house battery as recharged as possible while driving to minimize genny time. Solar is still down the road if boondocking gets to be a thing.