Does Furnace Run on DC Power??
A friend and I are planning a trip where we might have to stay overnight in a parking lot the first night in. We both have TTs. Can we run our furnaces off of DC Power?
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SpeakEasy wrote:
Wow. I feel like I'm reading about a parallel universe here.
Last weekend I was boondocking. I have nothing special in terms of a battery. Outside temps overnight were in the low 40's or upper 30's. I had the TT furnace keeping me relatively warm (set at about 55 degrees) all night. Furnace was running as needed; no where near constant.
I had started out with my battery fully charged. In the morning, my charge was down to about 3/4 or 2/3 depending on which gauge I looked at. (I didn't measure with my voltmeter.)
After 2 hours of bright sunlight (7:00 AM to 9:00AM) my 100-watt solar panel had the battery back up to full charge.
It sounds like I used a lot less power than some of you are reporting.
This is in a 23-foot TT. Ducted.
-Speak
Low 40's to high 30's isn't that cold. The example I gave earlier the nighttime temps were high to mid 20's. Also, your thermostat at 55 is good. That is just a little over the 50 that I recommend, and a LOT under the 65 that taught me my lesson.
