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towpro
Aug 10, 2016Explorer
something we left out. your current 27 series battery might have 70 amp hours?
you already have around 1amp of electrical load in your camper without even turning on a light. its the CO and Propane detectors.
1 amp will draw your 27 series battery dead in 70 hours. But you don't want to drain a battery past 50% so every 45 hours your going to need to charge that battery.
Now during winter storage (with 0 load), I hit mine with a 15A schumacher 3 stage charger every month.
on my Wolf Creak I have AGM batteries which have less self discharge,and they should be good for 6 months without a charge (and 0 load), but I have a battery switch installed that turns off battery power to everything, but still leaves solar cells connected. Even through my classic accessories poly pro 3 cover the solar gets enough sunlight to keep the AGM's charged all winter.
you already have around 1amp of electrical load in your camper without even turning on a light. its the CO and Propane detectors.
1 amp will draw your 27 series battery dead in 70 hours. But you don't want to drain a battery past 50% so every 45 hours your going to need to charge that battery.
Now during winter storage (with 0 load), I hit mine with a 15A schumacher 3 stage charger every month.
on my Wolf Creak I have AGM batteries which have less self discharge,and they should be good for 6 months without a charge (and 0 load), but I have a battery switch installed that turns off battery power to everything, but still leaves solar cells connected. Even through my classic accessories poly pro 3 cover the solar gets enough sunlight to keep the AGM's charged all winter.
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