Outlets Off while Boonedocking
My wife and I are gearing up for boonedocking, and we just discovered that none of our outlets in the trailer work when not connected to Shorepower. Aside from a generator, what alternatives to we ha...
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I think there are two major parts of the equation that are missing:
1. What RV do you have? A class A or 5er will likely have enough room for a large battery bank. A small C, B or TT may only hold two 12v batteries.
2. What exactly do you want to run off those outlets? If you just want to run a tv for an hour or two at night, you should be OK with solar and the generator as needed when it's cloudy, etc., even with just a couple batteries. If you want to run the hair dryer, microwave, electric blanket, coffee pot, toaster, crock pot, and so on, then you're going to end up running that generator most of the time for a couple batteries - less if you can bank more batteries. Will you have enough fuel where you plan on boondocking to run the generator for X number of days before you head back to a town to re-fuel?
I think both RPreeb and 2oldman are correct in their assessments of boondocking - which is the right path for you will depend on #1 and #2 above.
1. What RV do you have? A class A or 5er will likely have enough room for a large battery bank. A small C, B or TT may only hold two 12v batteries.
2. What exactly do you want to run off those outlets? If you just want to run a tv for an hour or two at night, you should be OK with solar and the generator as needed when it's cloudy, etc., even with just a couple batteries. If you want to run the hair dryer, microwave, electric blanket, coffee pot, toaster, crock pot, and so on, then you're going to end up running that generator most of the time for a couple batteries - less if you can bank more batteries. Will you have enough fuel where you plan on boondocking to run the generator for X number of days before you head back to a town to re-fuel?
I think both RPreeb and 2oldman are correct in their assessments of boondocking - which is the right path for you will depend on #1 and #2 above.
