Great Smoky Mountain National Park (No Power
I am heading to Cades Cove + Campground in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park this summer for 9 days. We love the park and everything around it. The only problem is there are no electrical hook up...
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Rider7767 wrote:goingnorth wrote:Thanks for the battery charger ideal. I have a 20amp fast charger at home already.
If you have never dry camped before most stock chargers take 2 days or more to charge batteries, I would bring an automotive battery charger that has at least a 15 amp option to charge each battery. The factory charger might put out about 10 amps.
That should cut charge time in half, stock TT chargers are ment to be pugged in 24-7 while in use. Be sure to unhook stock charger while using fast charger or only plug in fast charger and not the TT.
The first couple times I dry camped I installed blade type disconects to my batteries and would disconect from TT and set up 2 chargers, 1 for each battery and still plug in camper and the TT's charger would run the camper that way I only need 1 to 2 hours to charge up. All my dry camping has been in the fall with temps between 20 and 50F. Running my heater was my biggest battery hog. Never dry camped in a campground, allways been out in the woods as far off road as I could dragg TT.
7 days till first trip of the year, Hartwick Pines near Grayling Mi. can't wait. Sites have so many trees you can hardly see next site.
