Batteries in new Forest River Heritage Glen
Hi All- We'll be caravaning cross country in February with friends who have a new Forest River Heritage Glen with a residential fridge. We like to stay at Cracker Barrels en route, but I'm not sure ...
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theoldwizard1 wrote:Thanks for this. I'm trying to get my friends to ditch the stock batteries and replace with GC2's. Just posted this question for ammunition to show them they need to do it.DrewE wrote:
How are the batteries getting recharged during the day? A typical trailer seven-wire connection doesn't provide a lot of charging power, and very likely would not fully recharge them and keep up with the fridge while driving,
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With a hook up like I lined above, I would expect 4-6 hours of driving, even while running your residential refrigerator will give you fully charged batteries.DrewE wrote:
For an overnight stop, I would expect two batteries in good shape (regardless of whether they are 12V or 6V) to be able to keep up with it and run the furnace moderately for a single night, but probably not a vast amount more. That's a very rough estimate, of course, not at all a precise calculation.
To the OP, Forest River probably does not install the batteries, it is probably done by the dealer. Request 6V golf cart batteries or install them your self.
6V golf cart store more power than dual purpose 12V batteries. Very little price difference and the golf cart batteries will last longer.
