How many batteries for an overnight?
I only have a converter on my 5er, so I can't operate any 120v items when I'm not connected to shore power. Found this out the hard way the other day. Pulled into the campground for our second ever ...
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Hi,
It is safer and probably cheaper to go to an inexpensive campground if you need the air conditioner.
If you wish to run the air conditioner it would require a large pure sine wave inverter (at least 2000 watts). It would also require a considerably larger battery bank than what is usual. It is possible to do so--but then the next day there must be a way to recharge the battery bank.
So, yes, you can run the air from a large enough battery bank--but it is not practical to do so.
It is safer and probably cheaper to go to an inexpensive campground if you need the air conditioner.
If you wish to run the air conditioner it would require a large pure sine wave inverter (at least 2000 watts). It would also require a considerably larger battery bank than what is usual. It is possible to do so--but then the next day there must be a way to recharge the battery bank.
So, yes, you can run the air from a large enough battery bank--but it is not practical to do so.
