How many amp-hours?
Hi! I would like your opinions. I have an ATC Panther (pop-up TC) that we are building out. The TC came with a 79 amp-hr battery, which we found to be insufficient. So what does our rig warrant in ter...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
You are listing like 100 variables and you want solid answer?
I hope not?
I camp with single battery just fine and I make HUGE cup of coffee every morning on inverter power.
But then I usually drive the same day, or start generator for AC operation.
In your list I see electric refrigerator. Would you camp in area with triple digit temperature, or with fridge side facing south the poor thing will run 100% of the time. For that alone you need 200AH battery bank and probably bigger solar than you already have + backup generator for cloudy days.
BTW is the fridge really running on 0.8 amp?
re. the fridge, that's what the specs say. We were using about 32 amps in a day with just fridge and fan, and I think I remember not using the fan too much. We camp in 80-90 degree weather at times, and the fridge is running when we are driving through 100+ degree heat too. I am sure the specs say 0.8 Ah at 70-degrees, which is not realistic.
Yea, we are familiar with swamp coolers and in what environments they will work and not work well. Thanks though.
So yes, I posted to get ideas. And I posted all the variables because that's real life. Maybe someone has a similar setup. Who knows. Maybe someone has gone through this.
