Battery bank in 5er
Hi all, yet another question, how big is your battery bank ? The reason for the question is simple, if you want to dry camp or boondock and have your fridge/ac/micro (the biggest consumers) that...
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padredw wrote:boondock and have your fridge/ac/micro
The first thing is to realize and accept the fact that using the AC off the batteries is not a reasonable expectation. The battery bank would be far too heavy for a fifth-wheel to be able to run the air conditioner for any significant amount of time. I'd even be very conservative about using the microwave. But the MV is used for short periods of time. If the AC is needed it would be run continuously.
It is the refrigerator which would be a large factor in determining the capacity of the battery bank. (my opinions)
Absolutely agree, i just did my math and i would need close to 800Ah to run the domestic fridge and some other appliances and allow for 50% discharge on batteries between the charges (daily) from geny as i dont think solar is capable to do this alone.
