Norcold 12cu Drains Battery on LP
Good day all, Looking for some advice. We just upgraded to a 2022 Crusader 305rlp fifth wheel. We park our rig in storage with no access to shore power. We have always gone to storage and turned o...
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2112 wrote:Grit dog wrote:This doesn't make sense. Why would the size of the rig dictate battery capacity? The load in a 19' TT would be the same as a 36' FW other than the furnace.
One battery in a big 5ver is just the mfg or dealer being cheap.
Required battery capacity is defined by how the rig is being used, not its size
You're right, it probably doesn't, if you don't understand electricity....
Let me name off a few things that "might" use a wee bit more DC power in a big full featured 5ver vs your hypothetical 19' TT.
- Furnace, you got that one. Bigger or runs longer to warm up the camper, or both.
- Fridge, if it has DC mode. 10-12cf will use more power apples to apples compared to a 5-6cf. Not much difference on LP though, agreed.
- Ceiling fan(s)
- More vent fans
- More lights
- Power awning (s)
- Power jacks, possibly power stabilizers/levelers
- Slideouts, big camper more likely to have a slideout or multiple slides vs your hypothetical 19' TT.
- More water capacity generally = more water used = more pump run time
- Bigger camper can handle and is designed to house more people. More people = more power used, to an extent.
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