Add another battery?
New Jayco 18' TT - 2 families were to camp from Friday - Sunday... I took the trailer up on Wed to hold the area before the rest came up on Friday.. Got there about 2:00 in afternoon and it was pretty...
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NinerBikes wrote:
Most travel trailers are set up for full hook ups at a RV trailer park, it requires extra's and extensive modifications for power management when you start using them in dry camping applications.
X2.
Was the same for my TC.
At first I thought I was lacking battery capacity when dry camping, so I swapped the older single battery and installed (2) new batts for a total of 230 Ah's, but that didn't help. Did some research, and found out that the batteries didn't get charged at high enough voltage, not via the converter when plugged into shore power, nor via the trailer connector to the truck when driving.
Indeed, as NinerBikes said, it requires extensive mods to make it work for dry camping. Primarily to charge the batteries to 100%.
Please keep in mind that battery performance drops as temperature drops.
Also, as others stated before, the furnace uses up a lot of energy.
