How long will single battery last with heater running?
We may have our first opportunity to dry camp mid winter for one night. Do I stand a chance of surviving on a single deep cycle 12V battery, or should I just plan on buying my first i2000?
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brulaz wrote:
For some reason, you see more of the cold weather options available on the lots out west, both in the US and Canada. A couple of the major manufacturers of 4-season trailers are located in Oregon: Artic Fox and Outdoors RV. Their trailers are available throughout the West (US and Canada) but rare in the East.
Pretty hard to find a trailer in Ontario with 4-season options like double-pane windows. But they are quite common in B.C., at least the Artic Fox and Outdoors RV versions are.
I spent a long time looking for a 4-season travel trailer before deciding on a motorhome instead, and that matches what I found available anywhere nearby – very few available with dual pane windows, enclosed floors, and extra insulation. Arctic Fox and Outdoors models are all but non-existent in the east, but more widely available out west. In the literature for other brands, several of them offer these features as options, but dealers here in the mid-Atlantic don’t seem to order them in units they buy to stock on their lots.
I spend a lot of time camping here in the Allegheny Highlands of WV in March and early April. Temperatures are normally in the 20’s or 30’s overnight and going up to the high-50s to low-80’s during the day. Not unusual to have frost in the morning and be wearing just a t-shirt in the afternoon. My experience doing this for many years in a typical TT made me resolve to never buy another RV without dual pane windows, enclosed floors and tanks, and better insulation. I learned to deal with frozen pipes (they would usually thaw later in the day) but that and condensation pouring from single-pane windows takes a lot of the fun out of it.
I don’t have those problems now with the motorhome. :)
Wayne
