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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there are a lot of things in the backround that can and will drain your battery.
CO detector is always running.
You will always have power going to the radio even though its off.
Fridge needs juice to run the circuit board and to ignite the pilot when the unit is calling to be cooled down.
same with water heater. Takes a spark to get it heated up and that juice has to come from somewhere.
We camp every year at MIS for the NASCAR race. The only time we have no hook-up to power. Some in our group will only have their batteries last about 3 to four days with out charging. I use a genny for about an hour every morning to make coffee and let the wife do her hair and what not. seems enough to keep it charged.
Sounds like your situation is not that out of the ordinary.
CO detector is always running.
You will always have power going to the radio even though its off.
Fridge needs juice to run the circuit board and to ignite the pilot when the unit is calling to be cooled down.
same with water heater. Takes a spark to get it heated up and that juice has to come from somewhere.
We camp every year at MIS for the NASCAR race. The only time we have no hook-up to power. Some in our group will only have their batteries last about 3 to four days with out charging. I use a genny for about an hour every morning to make coffee and let the wife do her hair and what not. seems enough to keep it charged.
Sounds like your situation is not that out of the ordinary.
