telecom batteries and boondocking
Hi all, First night boondocking on the new batteries. I ran a computer for 5 hours (100 watts) via my large inverter, and a 7 amp 12 volt heating blanket for 7 hours. Battery voltage started ...
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I used the inverter to cook lunch on the induction cooker. Amperage draw was 110. Time was 10 minutes.
I then drove to a friends home. Charging started at 20 amps and tapered to 8 in about ten minutes. After an hour I drove back to where I'm urban docking. This time I ran the inverter to get a bit of charge into the laptop battery. Charging again started at 20 amps--and tapered to 8. Ambient temperature is 12.4 C. (To convert to f double that number, subtract 10% of the result and add 32).
I then drove to a friends home. Charging started at 20 amps and tapered to 8 in about ten minutes. After an hour I drove back to where I'm urban docking. This time I ran the inverter to get a bit of charge into the laptop battery. Charging again started at 20 amps--and tapered to 8. Ambient temperature is 12.4 C. (To convert to f double that number, subtract 10% of the result and add 32).
