Guys, thanks a bunch again for all of the help. As everyone said the 30A fuse wasn't enough, and we talked to the guys from Painless and they hooked us up with a maxi fuse holder to replace it with. The hotel we were at in Arlington was great, because there were two entrances with covered driveways and one was under construction. We were able to just use that one as our own personal garage to check everything over. Got the fuse holder changed, and are running a 40A successfully all day today on the ride to Texarkana (what a crappy venue they picked, a dirt field? seriously?). They were saying to start at a 70A, but we figured we can creep up on it if we have issues.

So far so good! Hope to be done doing wiring work for this trip, but somehow I doubt it. I do like the idea of running direct from alternator to the battery. I'm hoping to make this trip home and we'll look at doing that when we get home...

Rich! What's up man!?

Thank you all again,

-Dave