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 very nice indeed.
For the first time, I've used my TT in low temperatures. It snowed very lightly one day, and we had no problems. However, the next day it sort of sleeted. It looked like snow, but it formed a crusty frost on the ground and on my vehicles.
I was able to keep my Yamaha generators running (one at a time) by shielding the business side with it's plastic tub positioned over it, hooked on top. I kept the exhaust open, and the intake filter clear. It worked great. I know it was dangerous, and I watched it like a hawk, but since there was no wind at all, it worked. I was ready to shut down and go on batteries if I couldn't keep it safely dry.
After finally shutting down early in the evening at about eight and going on batteries, I retired with the DW.
Round about six in the morning I heard the furnace come on and shut down a few seconds later, long before warming things up as it had been doing all night long. This happened again, and I determined that this occurred when my batteries were reading one light on my sensors.
I have two 12 volts, and they have always lasted way beyond one night of running our fan and such until this morning.
My question; Did the extremely low temperatures cause my batteries to stop providing enough current to run my furnace? I ran out and started my gennie when this happened, but I'm curious if I would have seen recovery when then temps went up later in the day. BTW, it seemed that other 12 volt equipment still worked.
For the first time, I've used my TT in low temperatures. It snowed very lightly one day, and we had no problems. However, the next day it sort of sleeted. It looked like snow, but it formed a crusty frost on the ground and on my vehicles.
I was able to keep my Yamaha generators running (one at a time) by shielding the business side with it's plastic tub positioned over it, hooked on top. I kept the exhaust open, and the intake filter clear. It worked great. I know it was dangerous, and I watched it like a hawk, but since there was no wind at all, it worked. I was ready to shut down and go on batteries if I couldn't keep it safely dry.
After finally shutting down early in the evening at about eight and going on batteries, I retired with the DW.
Round about six in the morning I heard the furnace come on and shut down a few seconds later, long before warming things up as it had been doing all night long. This happened again, and I determined that this occurred when my batteries were reading one light on my sensors.
I have two 12 volts, and they have always lasted way beyond one night of running our fan and such until this morning.
My question; Did the extremely low temperatures cause my batteries to stop providing enough current to run my furnace? I ran out and started my gennie when this happened, but I'm curious if I would have seen recovery when then temps went up later in the day. BTW, it seemed that other 12 volt equipment still worked.
