Truck charge camper battery?
I tried a search on this but I didn't come up with anything, maybe wrong search words :) Anyway, for the past couple of years my fridge protocol has been to plug into shore power the night before we l...
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Manfred wrote:
I just installed a new solar panel controller that gives more information about the camper battery status. I'm going on a road trip in a couple of days and will pay attention to the camper battery draw when running the fridge on DC while driving.
PS - thanks for the heads-up about changing my signature; it still shows my old Lance. :)
Just a follow-up post regarding my road trip - with shore power to the camper battery charge was 14.4V - switched the fridge to DC power and drove for 5 hours which included a 1 hour stop, sunny day - after 5 hours battery was at 12.8V. Seems like an acceptable drop in voltage. Perhaps this winter I'll replace the wire from the solar panel to the batteries - 14 gauge to 12 or 10 gauge.
