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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Dale.Traveling wrote:
My suggestion won't help much tonight but just keep it in mind for the future. I've run an electric blanket off an invertor with the coach thermostat set very low and had plenty of power in the two GC2 batteries I have in the morning. For this situation I would run the generator and use the two space heaters I keep in the coach.
Have you compared the power usage of the furnace vs. the electric blanket? I would guess that the electric blanket would use more power than the furnace typically. A pair of golf cart batteries generally should easily power the furnace (as needed) for one night and still have a decent charge left in the morning.
