Off grid for first time, need some guidance !
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Sandia Man wrote:
Well, without investing in any of the aforementioned items my only guess is possibly charging your single battery with your vehicle daily to keep it from going dead by the third day.
You will never get your RV battery up to 100% just charging it off your vehicle. Vehicle charging systems just are not designed to do this.
Assuming your converter does a good job at charging (not all do) then you best answer is a small generator.
FYI, that marine battery is not a true "deep discharge battery". The only commonly available true deep discharge batteries are 6V golf cart batteries so you need 2 in series. The information you are missing is the amp-hour (Ah) rating. Your Group 24 battery has about 75 Ah. A pair of GC2 golf cart batteries is over 200 Ah.
