Recommended Dry-Camping Mods to a Small TT

atreis wrote:
Figure out how much electric you really need... To conserve, switch to LED lights, and be careful with what you turn on. You'll also need to conserve water - for us this is usually the limiting factor.

2 6V batteries work much more nicely than the standard 12V.

Mount solar panels on the roof (I have a single 115W, which serves us okay - but you'll have to figure out if you need more).

If you don't want to install a double propane tank holder, you can always just carry a second tank and change it out when the first goes empty.

Thanks for all of the great info!

Regarding the 6V batteries...a lot of people seem to like that.
The r-pod has an on-board battery monitoring system (not that you can't check it yourself with a multi-meter, but I don't want to start out by invalidating that system), which means I'd need to put two 6V in SERIES to get back to 12V. No biggie.

Given that we have concerns with kids & wasted battery...I think I'd still want to go with a 2nd battery, which in this case, would mean a 2nd pair of 6V batteries.

2 "sixes" in series to make 12V. A second set of "sixes" in series to make 12V. Probably neatly arranged in readily-available battery trays/boxes. Instead of trying to put the 1st pair in parallel with the 2nd pair (getting into a lot of wires on the tongue of the vehicle at that point), I'd probably be inclined to leave the 2nd set off and swap out the batteries set-for-set when the first pair hit 50%. Sound OK?

Regarding your 115W panels...do you find that these functionally prolong your battery life while camping? I've heard it said that they DO...and also heard it said that they're more for maintenance and re-charging when not in use. Depends on the output wattage?

Thanks again! :)