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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bpounds wrote:
I have agree with Vintage465. My propane ain't broke, and it don't need fixing. It is perfect for boondocking.
I get it though. Absorption fridges are kind of a pain at times, for some people, and the urge to go with a residential fridge is strong. All kinds of ways of justifying a residential unit in an RV have been posted. Now that solar and lots of battery are all the rage, some have lost interest in efficient off-grid practices. Just throw juice at whatever inconvenience comes along. Okay as long as the weather stays clear and sunny.
Whether it runs through an inverter, or directly on 12v battery, a residential fridge is what it is.
We are out camping without internet in the southern Canadian Rockies. Made it to town and have a few comments on your post.
1) Residential fridges and what the OP is talking about are quite different.
2) We have the option of having propane or all electric 12 v fridges in our RV's when camping. You choose to ignore the positives of all electric fridges even though many including myself have successfully dry camped for 5 years with one and you have never had any experience except for the fact that you have enjoyed residential fridges at home for the last many, many years.
3)Because 12 v fridges are your biggest draw of electricity from your batteries, you just naturally look for ways to conserve when boondocking.
4) Solar and batteries are the rage because they work.I am on a 2 month staycation dry camping in BC and in the end, no Genny or shore power, all because of solar/ batteries.
Dave
