House battery charging options
We are 4 months into our new travel trailer and having never owned one before I have some questions about battery charging. I was wondering if while camped, would plugging back into my running tow ve...
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etrippe wrote:
Thanks all. The frig is all 12 volt, no propane or 120 volt. All I want to do is keep the battery charged for the frig, fan and some led lights over night. Solar sounds promising but what if it’s cloudy for a few of the days that we are dry camping?
I’m at home now so I will disconnect the trailer from shore power, turn on the fan and time it till the battery goes down to 1/2. Good idea, thanks
Rule of thumb is one battery a day using 50AH a day. So your 5 days off grid is going to need some work with only one battery!
If there is no furnace time but is a 12v fridge it should be the same, but if furnace too, you are in a world of hurt for 12v. You will for sure need a generator and recharge the batts you do get/can carry in that RV and will need a proper battery charging converter or charger to do that. Solar can help with that chore, but as you note, the sun might not come out when needed.
Forget about running the truck engine as a generator, that is just for a last ditch way to get some 12v to last a little longer.
