Switching from 12 volt to 6 volt batteries
After our third time out dry camping with our new travel trailer, we started running into battery bank issues. Our first two times out, we had no issues at all with running down our battery bank overn...
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crosscheck wrote:
One of the main reasons I chose a Danfos compressor style 12V fridge /freezer was because the they are a favourite of the ultimate boondockers which are yachters....snip
Using 12VDC is by far the least efficient way to generate heat, out of the 3 utilities common on RVs.
That's not to say it isn't appropriate in some situations. You mentioned one.
If you've got enough solar and battery bank to support it, more power to you. I've noticed there isn't much shade over sailboats.
I have seen a 12vdc fridge run our truck battery down during a single overnight stop at a motel. GM truck, which did not isolate the trailer from the starting battery. So it depleted the trailer battery and the truck battery. I wasn't the owner, but I was a participant, and it was my AAA card that got us back on the road that morning.
