Adding a second battery
Hey folks, I am looking at adding a second battery to my travel trailer. My wife and I don't do any boon docking yet, but I want to be able to have additional power should we lose power ...
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It might be interesting to see how long you can go on one battery.
The DW and I can go for 2 1/2 days on our battery. Usually 1 day is enough. On those rare occasions when I know we will be out longer, I carry a spare battery and switch it out.
Unless we run the furnace motor, we lose more power to the phantom loads then to the LED lights and water pump.
Twice we have lost power while camping, once for 3 hours due to some CG upgrades and the second time for 11 hours because of a wind storm.
Because we come from a tent and canoe background, the biggest problem is me whining because we do not have a microwave. :)
Boone docking takes a bit of serious thought to do properly for more than a day or two. It is more than just adding a battery and solar charger.
Two of the "primitive" campgrounds we looked at in Michigan's UP only allowed 4 hours of generator run time and that was in only half the park. They looked like great places to camp but were definitely intended for primitive camping.
The DW and I can go for 2 1/2 days on our battery. Usually 1 day is enough. On those rare occasions when I know we will be out longer, I carry a spare battery and switch it out.
Unless we run the furnace motor, we lose more power to the phantom loads then to the LED lights and water pump.
Twice we have lost power while camping, once for 3 hours due to some CG upgrades and the second time for 11 hours because of a wind storm.
Because we come from a tent and canoe background, the biggest problem is me whining because we do not have a microwave. :)
Boone docking takes a bit of serious thought to do properly for more than a day or two. It is more than just adding a battery and solar charger.
Two of the "primitive" campgrounds we looked at in Michigan's UP only allowed 4 hours of generator run time and that was in only half the park. They looked like great places to camp but were definitely intended for primitive camping.
