Adding extra batteries - where do I put them?
In our 2020 Cedar Creek 29RW it came with one battery. I added another as soon as I got it home but the battery compartment/bin only has enough room for these 2. We don't boondock often but it seems I...
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Front storage bay or main storage bay are the best options to keep batteries close to inverter, the second pair of batteries can be 6 volt golfcart batteries (we buy ours at Samsclub) and using a blue sea switch allows you to run them together or separate.
Somebody will chime in about Peukert's theory/law of combining them for better discharging results, the miniscule amount of improvement overall is not really applicable for your scenario as you stated you are plugged into the power grid nightly.
I wouldn't spend a whole lot either with the fact you rarely partake if ever in extended boondocking, a set of GC2 batteries ($200 a pair on sale) will give you an extra day, hard to say how long with what needs to be powered other than your residential fridge.
I hear you, having the convenience of an onboard genny would easily erase this issue, many of the higher tier 5ers have an option from the factory, additionally I have had neighbors that have had theirs installed aftermarket when they noticed we had one on our rig.
No doubt that the fridge is consuming the lion share while underway, for best results make sure your converter has multiphase charging and is actually going into bulk mode, a common issue for some converters which leads to batteries never reaching 100% full charge.
Somebody will chime in about Peukert's theory/law of combining them for better discharging results, the miniscule amount of improvement overall is not really applicable for your scenario as you stated you are plugged into the power grid nightly.
I wouldn't spend a whole lot either with the fact you rarely partake if ever in extended boondocking, a set of GC2 batteries ($200 a pair on sale) will give you an extra day, hard to say how long with what needs to be powered other than your residential fridge.
I hear you, having the convenience of an onboard genny would easily erase this issue, many of the higher tier 5ers have an option from the factory, additionally I have had neighbors that have had theirs installed aftermarket when they noticed we had one on our rig.
No doubt that the fridge is consuming the lion share while underway, for best results make sure your converter has multiphase charging and is actually going into bulk mode, a common issue for some converters which leads to batteries never reaching 100% full charge.
