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Ivylog
Sep 22, 2018Explorer III
“Some of you have way too much time on your hands. I'm beginning to remember why I took the 10 year break from this site.” Welcome back. Sorry that it bothers you that I usually look at previous posts before trying to answer someone’s question.
I put off going residential because of posts like this “We could never have a residential refrigerator because 50% of our trips is dry camping“. We usually dry camp 5 out of 7 days in the summer....71% of the time. As I posted above,36+ hours on two batteries which is longer than the house batteries will last.
My generator time has actually decreased after going residential BUT I added another 100A charger. 1.5 hours generator in the evening and 1/2 hour in the morning is all I need. Without a doubt, going residential is my best DIY project...helps that the NiCold was that bad.
I put off going residential because of posts like this “We could never have a residential refrigerator because 50% of our trips is dry camping“. We usually dry camp 5 out of 7 days in the summer....71% of the time. As I posted above,36+ hours on two batteries which is longer than the house batteries will last.
My generator time has actually decreased after going residential BUT I added another 100A charger. 1.5 hours generator in the evening and 1/2 hour in the morning is all I need. Without a doubt, going residential is my best DIY project...helps that the NiCold was that bad.
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