Couple of concerns I noticed over the weekend
I took my 1 yr old Dutchment 275BHS camping over the weekend, first time without any hookups, and a couple of issued came up... First of all my battery did not make it thru the weekend. I had plugge...
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bcarroll wrote:
I had my fridge on gas, not auto, and used lights sparingly. The only other thing that uses juice, that I know of, is the water pump.
I bought a 2nd grp 24 12v marine battery with the intention to wire in paralell(haven't do so yet).
I must admit, electicity scares me so I don't know much about it...not sure if I don't know much about it because it scares me or the other way 'round.
I would eventually like to get solar panels and eliminate the problem(for the most part anyways).
For the usage you describe putting that 2nd GP24 in service should make it so you can go a 3 night weekend. Just get good battery cable and attach Pos to Pos and Neg to Neg. Then hook trailer positive connection to positive on one battery and negative on the other battery to balance thier loads/use.
For long weekends adding additional 100 to 200 Watts solar with a good controller to the 2 GP24s will end your battery issues and ensure the batterys are fully topped up ready to go after being in storage as well as make the batterys last several years.
