Dry camping, batteries and slide out
I've tried searching for this but not having any luck. New travel trailer owner who recently went dry camping for the weekend. When I can't figure out is battery life. I have to deep cycle batteries ...
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Sometimes things that you don't think of kill batteries - we learned that if our propane furnace runs at all, it uses battery power even though it's a propane furnace - we learned the hard way in S Utah about this time last year. Dead batteries 4 AM, no heat, 24 degrees outside.
Do you use an inverter? That costs more amps than you think! Not just the amps for whatever you're running - charging a computer, phone etc. Powering a microwave or coffeemaker - ouch!
We're newbies but have some prior experience in living aboard our cruising sailboat and being totally independent energy & otherwise. Here's a blog post I wrote when we first started traveling in our travel trailer. How To Calculate Amp Usage in an RV
Hopefully this is helpful.
Do you use an inverter? That costs more amps than you think! Not just the amps for whatever you're running - charging a computer, phone etc. Powering a microwave or coffeemaker - ouch!
We're newbies but have some prior experience in living aboard our cruising sailboat and being totally independent energy & otherwise. Here's a blog post I wrote when we first started traveling in our travel trailer. How To Calculate Amp Usage in an RV
Hopefully this is helpful.
