setting up a battery bank
I'm a long-time camper, first time TT owner. We do most of our seasonal camping in campgrounds without hookups so I'm looking to get my battery bank all set up for some 3-4 day trips. After thinki...
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mrskittle wrote:
To summarize, I want a reliable battery bank that will last for the day with modest use of the camper. I want to run a 1000 watt inverter off the same batteries to occasionally run small appliances and electronics. Finally, I don't want to run my 2000w generator more than an hour to charge the system back up after a day's use. I hope this all makes sense.
Do an energy audit.
Unfortunately lead acid wants to be charged to 100% full on as many cycles as possible.
Running a generator to get to 100% state of charge is an expensive and noisy business.
The group 24s are overmatched by boondocking for more than a day or so. For longer life, don't take them below 50% state of charge.
Consider SiO2 chemistry when the group 24's fail. SiO2 do not require being fully recharged and can be used down to 20% state of charge.
