Busted with a bad battery out in the boonies
Well, it took us 4 hours after leaving the main road (if that is what you want to call it) to get to the lake. A beautiful place! Gonna have some great fishing in the morning! Looking forward to a few...
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I dont know why, but I have always worried about the truck batteries quitting at the worst possible time. That is why I started this thread.
I dont have a generator at this time (the built in generator took a dump).
The jumper cable idea I think is the best (for my situation). That and replacing the batteries the day after their expiration date.
There was no warning sign. Last time it was started (a week ago) it fired right up. And after it was started, we drove several hours. So it was parked with a good charge on the batteries.
On a side note, I have considered setting up a way to charge the truck batteries from the solar on the TC. I have an isolator on the TC to prevent it from drawing down the tuck batteries, but I could set up a bypass (switch, jumper, whatever) to feed power back to the tuck. My only concern was the different kind of batteries in the truck vs the camper and not getting either to charge properly.
I dont have a generator at this time (the built in generator took a dump).
The jumper cable idea I think is the best (for my situation). That and replacing the batteries the day after their expiration date.
There was no warning sign. Last time it was started (a week ago) it fired right up. And after it was started, we drove several hours. So it was parked with a good charge on the batteries.
On a side note, I have considered setting up a way to charge the truck batteries from the solar on the TC. I have an isolator on the TC to prevent it from drawing down the tuck batteries, but I could set up a bypass (switch, jumper, whatever) to feed power back to the tuck. My only concern was the different kind of batteries in the truck vs the camper and not getting either to charge properly.
