House batteries
So this is our first excursion with our RV. We bought second hand from a rental group. The RV has been in a storage lot with a few small trips to the house and then a 3 hour drive to our non electrifi...
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pianotuna wrote:
Yes, it is normal.
The batteries need to be fully recharged. The sane way to do that is with shore power.
3 hours of driving won't be enough to fully recharge the battery bank.
Well ... maybe ! If you had a good DC-DC charger and your battery bank is not too large (? two 6V golf cart batteries).
12.2V is about 50% SOC. Discharging further could permanently damage your battery bank if discharged further.
pianotuna wrote:
Look into adding a modest solar system to recharge the battery bank in between trips.
EXCELLENT suggestion, especially if you like to boondock !
