High-altitude, no-hookup, winter RV heating
We own some property in Utah at a high elevation (8,200 ft) with no hookups whatsoever. We have a 15 foot StarCraft (RB15) parked up there right now. It gets very cold, and very snowy up there. We ...
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wasatchjon wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I understand a generator would do it, but we were hoping to preserve the quiet-ness up there. As a 5w trickle won't do it, how many watts of solar do we need to keep that battery topped up for overnight furnace usage?
The rule of thumb is 100 watts of solar for each 100 amp hours of battery storage capacity.
Furnace fans are real power hogs, you may want to evaluate and upgrade the battery bank.
The battery you have is a hybrid, not a true deep cycle, and is not the best choice.
