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obiwancanoli
Explorer
Sep 25, 2020

Dry Camping - Heat with Propane, or electrically w/Inverter?

I've been doing a lot of research on beefing up my electrical system, and next week, should have had a Voltmeter, MPPT Controller, and 4 Battle Born Lithium batteries installed. Likely future addition...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Sep 25, 2020
obiwancanoli wrote:
Now THAT'S a lesson I'll not soon forget!

Thank you all


I do use a heating pad or electric mattress pad when dry camping.

If you have 6 to 8 hundred watts of panels then an absorption fridge may be run during the daylight hours. 24 hour consumption is about 5.7 KWH.

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