Need New Camper Batteries....
We've got 2 Interstate batteries on our 4+ year old trailer. We rarely dry camp but when we do we have a Honda 2000 we use during genny hours. One of our batteries is shot and we're looking to repla...
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cm11599ps wrote:
We've got 2 Interstate batteries on our 4+ year old trailer. We rarely dry camp but when we do we have a Honda 2000 we use during genny hours. One of our batteries is shot and we're looking to replace both of them.
We have led panels in all our light fixtures but we try to use as little power as possible when dry camping.
I'm not interested in golf cart batteries so please let me know what you suggest.
Are you sure? Many if not most gas absorption fridges have a climate control heater that is powered by 12 vdc ... when on shore power that 12 volts is supplied by the converter but when you're dry camping guess where it comes from? - yeah, your battery. Turn it off and save considerable draw down on your battery ... if yours is one of the newer fridges that has this heating element but no switch you'd be wise to add one, just as I've done. Pics are in my gallery.
As for your battery situation there's little reason to have 2 batteries when you don't often dry camp and do have a genset with which to recharge those few times you may need to. Personally I'd install a new G31 deep cycle battery on the trailer, get rid of the bad battery, and keep the other good one and carry it in the back of the truck as a spare. Bet you'd hardly ever use your genset. ;)
