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ekirkland
Feb 09, 2016Explorer
Some of the replies went right over my head. It sounds like some are saying a separate heavy gage charging wire with battery isolator is the way to go and some saying that's not such a good idea. What is a mechanically and electrically challenged person to do? I guess I have the options of parallel charging line with isolator vs. solar vs. generator. About the most I intend to dry camp is 3-5 days and then hit a campground with power to recharge on our next trip to Utah. I would imagine the batteries (2 ea. 24's) would be pretty depleted in that 3-5 day period. My present Jayco camper is new and we have not done any dry camping yet; only powered camping. With our previous Casita, we could do maybe 4 days with very frugal power usage on one battery. I'm trying to decide my best (maybe cheapest) means to extend battery power. Thanks for all the help.
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