Weekend camping - Fridge use
My wife and I have a Flagstaff Microlite 23LB. We go camping at a few campgrounds throughout the year that don't have any hookups. All we really want to use is the lights (minimally), the water pump, ...
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postmandug wrote:
Well me and the better half are in our TT right now in the driveway just to test this sort of issue out.
Been on battery (1) since Sunday afternoon. LED lights have been used but not abused. Fridge seems to be doing great. Fresh water is a bit low, but 3 days appears to be easily doable. That’s also using the USB wall plug to charge phones and iPads. No problem so far....
Great, BUT ... you're still wasting precious battery reserve if you've not installed a kill switch in the radio memory circuit, forget to turn off the television wall plate, don't bother unplugging the television completely, and the biggie - don't turn off that darned fridge climate control heating element. If your new 192RBS has a Dometic DM2652 as does my 2014 192RBS then it will have the heating element but no switch to turn it off, the solution being to add your own ... it will make a difference. ;)
