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Y-Guy
Feb 28, 2015Moderator
Do you know what group your new battery is? If you have a single group 24 what you're experiencing maybe the norm. As you found out there are several parasitic draws on the battery. The fridge and the detectors can do a lot of draining in a short time. Adding a second battery can help even if you stick with dual 12volt batteries.
I opted to stay with 12volts in my motorhome but I went with the Group 31 batteries.
When my converter died I put in the Progressive Dynamics with the charge wizard, batteries seem to do even better with this setup I've found.
You might look around at your batteries, number of people have switched to LED lights. I haven't yet. When dry camping we fire up the generator usually for an hour twice a day, while doing meal prep, that seems to be enough to keep the batteries going. I've managed to go 11 days like that.
I opted to stay with 12volts in my motorhome but I went with the Group 31 batteries.
When my converter died I put in the Progressive Dynamics with the charge wizard, batteries seem to do even better with this setup I've found.
You might look around at your batteries, number of people have switched to LED lights. I haven't yet. When dry camping we fire up the generator usually for an hour twice a day, while doing meal prep, that seems to be enough to keep the batteries going. I've managed to go 11 days like that.
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