HELP! Needed to know this yesterday
DH and I want to go to our favorite CG over Halloween and (gulp) sorta dry camp. Don't know anything about it, never wanted to, BUT...they're having a big Halloween festivity and we'd love to go. So...
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You should probably make a DRY run in CAMP BACKYARD just like you would be doing camping without power.
You will find out what you need doing it this way.
One battery One night on running the furnace - The blower motor is the problem...
The automotive lights really draw the current as well. Each bulb will pull 1AMP. Four or five light bulbs lit up will drain your battery pretty quick.
I would bring along a second battery.
You mentioned the next morning you can re-charge your one battery. How are you going to do this...
Alot of public camp grounds have generator run time restrictions in place. If you planning on using a generator then you need to know if the camp ground allows you to use one. Your trailer shore power cable needs to have an adapter to be able to plug into at least a 2KW Honda type Generator so you can power up the on-board converter/charger unit to charge your battery. It will take a min of three hours if your converter puts out 14.4VDC. If you converter is a single mode type and puts out 13.6VDC then the best thing to do is bring along a smart mode 20AMP Charger and plug it into the generator 120VAC and connect to your battery terminals to charge it up.
It will take some planning...
Roy Ken
You will find out what you need doing it this way.
One battery One night on running the furnace - The blower motor is the problem...
The automotive lights really draw the current as well. Each bulb will pull 1AMP. Four or five light bulbs lit up will drain your battery pretty quick.
I would bring along a second battery.
You mentioned the next morning you can re-charge your one battery. How are you going to do this...
Alot of public camp grounds have generator run time restrictions in place. If you planning on using a generator then you need to know if the camp ground allows you to use one. Your trailer shore power cable needs to have an adapter to be able to plug into at least a 2KW Honda type Generator so you can power up the on-board converter/charger unit to charge your battery. It will take a min of three hours if your converter puts out 14.4VDC. If you converter is a single mode type and puts out 13.6VDC then the best thing to do is bring along a smart mode 20AMP Charger and plug it into the generator 120VAC and connect to your battery terminals to charge it up.
It will take some planning...
Roy Ken
