Dry Camping...How Long?

[ronmarabito2002]

First of all. You don't want to depleat your batteries in that
manner. Keep them above 50% discharge and they will last a long time.
We boondock every year at Quartzsite and never have a problem staying
as long as we wish. We just finished an 11 day stay and had more than
1/4th of our water left and only filled our black tank to 1/2. You
must learn to conserve. We run the generator for a couple hours in
the morning and a couple in the evening and the batteries do a
wonderful job.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@r...>
wrote:
>
> If the coach batteries were depleated, how long would I have to run
> the gen before they were charged enough to crack the engine? Any
> idea?
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "fwernlein"
> wrote:
> >
> > Scott, it would be hard to pin down a number...depending on use
> > factors and even temp. would have an effect. For my unit, having 6
> > paired "sams club" golf cart types, I could go 2 days with
> confidence.
> >
> > The real problem for my FC was not so much the current I used on
> > demand, it was the small amp load the FC demanded all the
> time...for
> > various systems (clocks, monitor panel, alarms) and such. To fix
> > this "works as designed" limitation, I installed a solar panel to
> > recoop this constant low amp drain. I posted the project in FILES.
> I
> > am very happy with this "fix". Unless generators are prohibited,
> to
> > power the microwave or toaster for breakfast/dinner, we usually run
> > the generator for 15-20 min. twice a day also.
> >
> > If you going to live off the batterys, just make sure your
> generator
> > battery is reliable...then you can always get her started if you
> have
> > let the main batteries down...nothing ruins a morning than that
> sound
> > of "no start - clicks only" from your engine and then also the
> > generator!
> >
> > frank
> > 85fc33
> > woodbridge, va.
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman"
> <sforman@r...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
> juice
> > to
> > > crank the engine? Assume I am just using interior lights, water
> > pump,
> > > etc...no inverter items or anything like that.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Scott Forman
> > > 82 FC35RB
> > > Memphis
> > >
> >
>