Back up batteries for boon docking
Haven't purchased FW yet but more than likely be a 35 footer with the standard stuff. We are not air con people ( love the heat) so certainly wouldn't be running a/c while boon docking. Very new to al...
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Roads Less Traveled wrote:
The limitation for batteries on a fifth wheel is usually the size of the battery box. And generally, if you can fit four 6 volt golf cart style batteries in your battery box you are doing well.
Whether those batteries could last you 1 night or 3 nights while being charged only by driving during the day really depends on how much electricity you use.
If you are conservative -- not too much computer use, not too much TV or stereo, not too many lights for too many hours at night -- you're batteries will stay charged longer.
A generator doesn't require any installation, but can be a pain to drag out, plug in and keep full of gas.
Solar power can be a reasonable alternative. It requires installation at the outset, but once it is installed, you never have to think about it again (or feed it any gas). And it's quiet, it works all day while you're out doing other things, and it doesn't need any maintenance.
If you are interested in learning about solar power, you might start with some info we put together after doing three installations (two RVs and a boat) that we lived with full-time…
RV Solar Power Tutorial
Interesting! If solar is the way to go then maybe I should consider it. I will also wait to see if anyone can answer my OP. ;)You mention 6v golf cart style batteries. I thought they would be 12v car batteries?
