Battery Life and Low Temps
I have been having a ball up at Iris Meadow off of Rock Creek Road, Close to Mammoth Lakes, CA. It's the steeper side of the Sierras just East of Yosemite. It's a little known area comparably, but v...
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pianotuna wrote:
Hi,
1. go to a converter that does temperature compensated charging
2. warm the battery compartment if possible. Use propane heat for doing so.
3. add some solar with a temperature compensated charge controller.
4. increase battery capacity.
5. consider a Platinum Cat vented heater.
1. OK, let me remember. I have a factory converter, I think, that charges my 12 volts when I'm hooked up to shore power or running a gennie. It would probably be impractical to swap it out with a more advanced unit, if indeed I need this. This is a very nice 2013 Rockwood Mini Lite, and it probably has the latest gear.
2.It's mounted on the trailer's tow bar, next to the front of the TT, just like most. I guess I could put a small propane space heater under the batts, but that would be a knees-in-the-ground operation.
3. That's interesting, but this happened after running the gennies all day long, till about 20:00 hours, and then we went on the batts. running a 12 volt fan and a furnace, etc.
Yeah, I'm dreaming of going to two 6 volts, but those guys are pricey. Plus, I've been betting by just fine till that last overnight freeze.
4. Whatever that is, it probably won't work on my small TT.
Thanks for your input. I really appreciated it.
