Getting ready for our 1st boondock weekend
I have 2 new Wally world marine "deep cycle" with about 80 amp hour reserve. I expect running a few lights, tv and a box fan for sleeping, I'll get them down to 12.0 to 12.2 volts overnight. I'd like...
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GordonThree wrote:
Don't worry about the numbers on your first few outings. Looks like you're as best prepared as possible.
There's plenty of folks that obsess over numbers and have lots of monitoring gadgets. Getting hung up on numbers just adds stress, you'll be worrying about how much is this or that going to cost energy wise.
You bought a generator, use it when you want, don't try to limit yourself too much.
I will say with a wfco you'll need much more than 3 hours to recharge dead batteries.
Have fun. Boondocking is the best IMHO!
Some people like myself enjoy gadgets and looking at the numbers. Its a hobby. But I also have a genny and with that there really is no concern. But those are some fairly small batteries.
But I do agree he seems to be more than ready to go have some fun. As long as you don't let your batteries drain to far down you will be just fine recharging in the am. Your charger should bring them back up fairly high in a couple hours but to top them off would take quite a while. They charge a lot slower when topping off. I would try not to go lower than 12.1 volts. Any deeper on a lead acid battery and you really start shortening their life.
If you want to figure the numbers you have to figure out how many watts what every you are running uses. Then how long each of them will be running. Figure you have have about 80 usable amps at 12 volts which is 960 watts. After that you will be draining your battery bank to low for sure. JMHO
