What would you do??
Here is the situation. My friend wanted to downsize and be able to boondock camp so he went to a dealer and was sold a new Cardinal with a residential refrigerator, a 5K generator and 1-12v battery. H...
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MM49 wrote:Cardinal's are 5th wheels. There is no tongue. Also the shortest Cardinal is 35 ft and has a GVWR of 14,000 lbs. Weight is not an issue. If weight was an issue, wouldn't installing a big heavy house fridge and a 5kW generator be just as dumb? I had 400 lbs of batteries in my old 9500 lb GVWR 5th wheel. No stability issues or any issues of any sort. Why is there always someone here defending an obviously bad or uninformed decision?
Your friend might be making the best move possible decision for dry camping. The most important feature is weight capacity for the battery bank. If you can carry the weight in the correct position on the rv the electrical design challenge can be solved. Every rv has its weight limits to how much battery bank can be carried. My rv is a TT and the most battery I can carry is two on the tongue. Any more and the vehicle stability is compromised. Motorhomes have it made with the weight carried between the axles.
MM49
