Furnace without generator
Hi, I am looking for suggestions on how to run my furnace all night without my generator. My batteries are two Interstate 12V RV batteries and they can't run heater fan through the night. Burning gas ...
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As other's have said, you will need to go with GC2 6v batteries in series to get the amount of capacity you a looking for. Being in Alaska I know what your talking about when it gets cold at night. What we typically do is turn on the generator about 30 minutes before calling it a night and then crank the furnace up to 70, then when I kill the generator I would turn the heat down to 55-60.
Reason for doing so was to try and get a full charge on the batteries prior to going to sleep, while also getting it nice and toasty. In the morning I would do the same thing. I would go outside and fire up the Yamaha until it was warm and my wife had gotten up etc, then I would kill the heat during the days. Because of people going in and out, water pump etc I would run the generator about 30 minutes - hour at lunch time till it was fully charged.
Either way, look into some 6 volt batteries and then go from there.
Reason for doing so was to try and get a full charge on the batteries prior to going to sleep, while also getting it nice and toasty. In the morning I would do the same thing. I would go outside and fire up the Yamaha until it was warm and my wife had gotten up etc, then I would kill the heat during the days. Because of people going in and out, water pump etc I would run the generator about 30 minutes - hour at lunch time till it was fully charged.
Either way, look into some 6 volt batteries and then go from there.
