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From: Ted Heise <theise@panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel
Subject: Re: battery change questions
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 15:59:28 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: My own, such as it is
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On Fri, 2 Aug 2024 13:02:29 -0000 (UTC),
  Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> wrote:

>  All good thoughts, and reminds me I haven't said much about my 
>  use case.  We tow a Lance 1475 with the Acadia Denali, and my 
>  interest is being able to camp off the grid (e.g., National 
>  Forests) so we can have some freedom in where we go (i.e., not 
>  be bound by campground reservations) and to not be packed in 
>  with lots of other campers.

>  As far as electrical usage, the fridge is fair size for a small 
>  trailer but can run on propane.  The AC won't run at all on 12 
>  V, so that leaves microwave, electric kettle (for Aeropress 
>  coffee), furnace fan, lights, and charging of phones and 
>  laptops.  We have a newish 100Ah LiFEPO4 battery, and my guess 
>  is it might not last a full day.  Hence the need for some 
>  additional power source.  I need to try it out without shore 
>  power, so plan to try next camping trip.  Probably at a place 
>  with shore power, but just not connected until/if needed.

Okay, I'm a dumbass.  I just realized that unlike other options 
(the trailer battery, a DC-Dc convertor, solar), a generator will 
let me run 120 V things.  Duh.

-- 
Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA