Generator question
Since we are new to the travel trailer world we never needed a generator with our pop-up, but think of one for the trailer. What is the wattage I would need to charge my battery? We don't do a lot of...
Forum Discussion
pianotuna wrote:
It is far cheaper to beef up the battery bank than to buy a generator. You may wish to add a small inverter (300 watts) to do things such as charge laptop batteries and cell phones.
I agree with the first sentence but not the second. Convert DC to AC (inverter) just to change different DC batteries? Get 12V DC to whatever other DC voltage charger you need. Much more efficient.
A pair of golf cart batteries should last someone a long weekend, 3-4 days, and a week for someone being careful. This assumes fridge is running of propane.
