Boondockin - will my coach battery go dead
I'm starting a trip from the North East in cold weather, may have to stop over night with out hook ups and would have to keep furnace heat on all night. Question is will this drain both batters or ju...
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Robert,
According to the published specification, you have two house batteries. Check to see if that is true. If it is, you should be able to run the heat for 6~8 hours.
I would advise that you run the generator and the electric heat that the specs say you have right up to bed time. Then set the gas heat for about 50 and pile on all the warm thing you can find. Be ready to start the generator when the first of you gets up. If it doesn't start because the house bank is too flat, start the main engine, give it a couple of minutes then fire the APU (genset) and shut down the main as idling does it no good.
We used to cold camp a lot.
Matt
According to the published specification, you have two house batteries. Check to see if that is true. If it is, you should be able to run the heat for 6~8 hours.
I would advise that you run the generator and the electric heat that the specs say you have right up to bed time. Then set the gas heat for about 50 and pile on all the warm thing you can find. Be ready to start the generator when the first of you gets up. If it doesn't start because the house bank is too flat, start the main engine, give it a couple of minutes then fire the APU (genset) and shut down the main as idling does it no good.
We used to cold camp a lot.
Matt
