One battery
Only have one battery in my small motorhome. What would be a good battery that might get me two nights of boondocking? thanks Nick
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Francesca Knowles wrote:The water pump is not a problem. Yes it draws a lot of amps, but it's use is limited to the water supply. At say 3GPM, it will only run 10 minutes to empty a 30 gallon freshwater tank... 20 minutes if you have 60 gallons.
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You've got a small class C, right?
Assuming the fridge/furnace/stove/water heater are propane-fired, it seems to me that just about ANY (single) decent deep-cycle battery should get you two nights of boondocking. At least! The furnace fan and water pump are your main power consumers- be cagy about pump use especially.
All bets are off if you've got an all-electric rig, of course. Or a big screen TV, microwave, etc.....
using some lights can easily surpass what the pump is capable of.
The furnace is the power hog. Not a lot that can be done about it without doing things that I won't do such as using one of the propane heaters without a fan.
What CAN be done is to replace the incandescent light bulbs with LEDs. This will cut the light draw by about 80% and leave more power for the furnace. LEDs are very affordable now on ebay.
