Lance 650 Battery Issues?
Hi everyone, Please forgive my lack of technical terms, I'm a young woman owning a truck camper for the first time and have been figuring out how an RV works for the past year, but I wanted to kno...
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Hi!
Looking at the specs for your camper it looks like it is a single battery compartment. That is smallish, but have a look and see if it could hold a single larger battery like a group 27 or 29Did you get the lance option solar panel? It lists as a 95 watt panel. You may want to ask the dealer if a second could be installed.
Make sure that when you park the panel is in the sun
Did the camper come with a meter that shows your current state of charge and battery level? (not the little led scale you flip a switch to see. Those are useless)
Did you run the forced air furnace? These will quickly eat your battery. Pretty much useless for boon docking unless you have a bigger battery and more solar to re-power the battery the next day.
Never let your battery get below 50% (about 12.5 volts) This will reduce the lifespan and holding capacity of the battery. Get yourself a multi-meter so you can accurately test your battery voltage.
Driving the truck should be partially charging the battery but you will want your solar and solar charge controller to do the heavy lifting for boondocking.
Looking at the pics of your camper online, it looks pretty cool. Congrats!
Looking at the specs for your camper it looks like it is a single battery compartment. That is smallish, but have a look and see if it could hold a single larger battery like a group 27 or 29Did you get the lance option solar panel? It lists as a 95 watt panel. You may want to ask the dealer if a second could be installed.
Make sure that when you park the panel is in the sun
Did the camper come with a meter that shows your current state of charge and battery level? (not the little led scale you flip a switch to see. Those are useless)
Did you run the forced air furnace? These will quickly eat your battery. Pretty much useless for boon docking unless you have a bigger battery and more solar to re-power the battery the next day.
Never let your battery get below 50% (about 12.5 volts) This will reduce the lifespan and holding capacity of the battery. Get yourself a multi-meter so you can accurately test your battery voltage.
Driving the truck should be partially charging the battery but you will want your solar and solar charge controller to do the heavy lifting for boondocking.
Looking at the pics of your camper online, it looks pretty cool. Congrats!
