2nd battery
I just purchased a 2017 Thor 29FE. I noticed that there is only one 12V house battery. But, there's room beside it for a 2nd battery. My previous Class A had 2 batteries. Is it advisable to put the 2n...
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Note on moving out slides while dry-camping. When we pull up to our site we leave the engine running while moving the slides out so as to minimize battery drain.
Also the water pump is a significant drain. I don't have numbers but you can see the amperage drain is significant by how much the lights dim (voltage drop). We will often run the gen to charge the batteries and at the same time take a shower and run the pump.
Cold weather dry camping we will run the gen at night and turn up the heat to 70F and then turn it down to 50F or 55F at quiet time. Overall we rarely discharge our 2 agms to 50%.
Also the water pump is a significant drain. I don't have numbers but you can see the amperage drain is significant by how much the lights dim (voltage drop). We will often run the gen to charge the batteries and at the same time take a shower and run the pump.
Cold weather dry camping we will run the gen at night and turn up the heat to 70F and then turn it down to 50F or 55F at quiet time. Overall we rarely discharge our 2 agms to 50%.
