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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bacil wrote:retispcsi wrote:
I have 4 6 volt batteries with a 2800 pure sine inverter. Also 6500kw Gen all installed by factory. I have a residential frig also. Will run everything I have except AC. Quite common depending on the brand of fiver you buy. I don't boondock but I have for the convenience as we fulltime. Comes in handy when the power goes out or stop for lunch.
This is exactly our plan, fulltime with occasional boondocking, hence all these questions on different topic, we plan to move to RV in march from our boat. I keep coming back and forth between factory installed geny and pair of quiet ones in track, and other things like the fridge and power, but also water etc.
Personally, I'd go for an add-on genny. All the factory ones are straight generators and run wide-open all the time. Not that the Onans are noisy, but they're a whole =lot= less efficient than almost any inverter-generator. There are several gen-box DIY builds that have been posted over the past few years, from fairly simple to elaborate.
Lyle
