We do limited dry camping; we sepnt four nights in Cades Cove last year and would love to do another such trip or two this year. We have a 2000-w Honda generator.
I purchased an Exide Stowaway 27MDCST battery from Tractor Supply ($89.99) this weekend - I had a Deka group 24. I had to buy a bigger box and modify the wires.
Lesson learned:
I made the mistake of not taking a picture of the original wiring and didn't label the wires - so I ended up switching the leads and blew out my inline 30-amp fuse. Part of the problem was that the wire colors are white-negatve and green-positive; not the usual red and black. Why Jayco didn't use the automotive standard, I don't know!
Once I figured out which was which, I put on some new ring terminals and put some red shrink wrap on the positive wire and black shrink on the negative. Hopefuly this will help me or whomever else may need to change the battery in the future.
Thanks for all the input. Hopefull others will be helped by this post.
