Battery boomdocking dlemma.
We have been considering doing a bit of boon docking. We have noticed several opportunities in our travels. Unfortunately we barely get two days use out of our battery even though we have installe...
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Ron3rd wrote:
Personally, I would not boondock with a single battery. Add a second one, they're cheap.
x2 for sure .
I carry 4 , one on the tongue, one agm inside the TT for the tv/sat system off a PSW inverter. Doing that saves the coach battery for lights, water pump and fridge circuit board.
I have 2 more grp 31's in the truck bed mounted in front of the wheel wells. They can stay charged while a drive around . They are always ready to go if i should need them. You can buy a Lance truck camper bed mounted connector using 8ga wire. It charges the batteries in the bed very well.
I use a Honda 2k for an hour or two each day or so. I run a 3 stage charger for the inside AGM and the OEM wfco converter which i know is not the best, but it does what i need it to do. I bring the batts back up to about 80% or so and that's ok for my use.
Recently i bought the new harbor freight 100w solar set up. I only tried it at home to test it out and it charges up the 50% depleted coach battery very well. I know its not the best system, but it does charge the battery and it was $139 with a controller. I plan to use it on the ground,moving it around to follow the sun. I park in the woods with many trees.
