Dry Camping...How Long?

[George Lowry]

Not True! The one thing I have learned about BB's is that nothing is
standard. Some have a single battery system. Some have a two battery
system - House and chassis. On some, the generator starts from the
house batteries and on some, the generator starts from the chassis
batteries. Some have a three battery system - House, Chassis, &
Generator. And some have a two battery system with the house and
chassis combined and a separate battery for the generator. Some have
been modified by owners to some other configuration than factory. About
the only absolute statement you can make is that it varies. Our coach
is/was an all electric coach - the generator started off the house
batteries. IMHO, the three battery system is the best with the ability
to cross connect and cross charge as necessary.

George Lowry
'06 Alpine Apex - former owner of '95 WBDA 4203
Spearfish, SD Enjoying the sun in Palm Springs

Byrne Lobdell wrote:

>Scott; I have dry camped for as much as a week with no problems with batts. I
run the generato every AM for two to threeh hours to fix coffee and get hot
water for shower. On all BB the generator batts are isolated from the coach
batts so even if the coach batts are down the generator should always start to
recharge coach batts to start drive engine.
> 1977 35FC
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>Scott Forman <sforman@...> wrote:
> Not on a FC
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>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Samddurrett@a... wrote:
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>>Ain't the House batteries seperate from the engine batteries?
>>SAM68,31FCPortland,TN
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>>In a message dated 1/30/2006 4:14:10 PM Central Standard Time,
>>sforman@r... writes:
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>>My coach has a brand new set of 4 T-105's. About how long could I
>>expect to 'dry camp' on these batteries and still have enough
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>juice to
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>>crank the engine? Assume I am just using interior lights, water
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>pump,
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>>etc...no inverter items or anything like that.
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>>Thanks
>>Scott Forman
>>82 FC35RB
>>Memphis
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