Battery life
How do you keep your battery powered during a 7 day stay in one location? How do you find out what runs on battery or electricity? We are taking our longest trip thus far in our trailer. We take our b...
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handye9 wrote:Well on the first two you listed the downsides, as if Solar has none.. It does.
The LED's will save a lot of battery power. You can run 3 - 4 LED bulbs on same power as a regular bulb.
The biggest draw on your battery, is the furnace.
Recharging while dry camping, you have three options.
1. Hook up to the truck and run the engine. This takes a lot of time and gas.
2. Plug into a portable generator. This can be noisy, takes up storage space, uses gas or propane, and is banned in some places.
3. Solar power. This is quiet, provides some power during all daylight hours, and if roof mounted, it takes up no storage space.
Cost for the amount of power you get, and limited to sunshine. The panels can't be in the shade, and if you need power at night, or in bad weather, it won't work.
Each solution has plusses and minuses. Only you can decide which of the plusses is important enough to you to outweigh the minuses.
