Dry Camping

Originally posted by rawest50 Just got my 179 and the TV is 120v. Will not work off the battery.

It will if you add a 12V outlet and an inverter, or permanently wire in an inverter. The factory tv only pulls about 17W.

Originally posted by furpod Originally posted by GLBCamper Does anyone know how much power the water pump draws? I was camping without hook ups and drew my brand new 2x6v batteries down in about a day (so low the CO detector went into fault) and the only thing I can think of that might have used that much is possibly the water pump. We took two very quick "navy" showers and ran a couple of LED lights. Fridge on propane.  What was the charge state of the batteries to begin with? Our dual 6v batteries lasted us a week no issues, 2 showers a day, etc etc.

Just got my 179 and the TV is 120v. Will not work off the battery.

Remember "PIE." We all like pie.

In electricity, though, it stands for "Power equals voltage times amperage." The equation is P=IE, where P is Poser, in Watts, I is amperage in amps (although milliamps is commonly used and a milliamp is one-thousandth of an amp), and E is the voltage (most often 12V for pods).

Anyway, add up the power requirements, in Watts, of all the equipment you wish to have on at the same time. This will you to calculate how many amps you need. We all remember 60 W light bulbs. To run one of those on 12 V would draw 5 amps (60W = 12V x 5W). Compare this number of amps to whzat your battery can deliver.

Read through the questions and answers on this forum and you can get a good basic understanding of R-Pod electricity, and other subjects. After all, smart people tow R-Pods.

Given the OEM 4 LED display is extremely inaccurate, it is also extremely misleading. The fourth light only means the battery is being charged, not that it is charged. The third light usually means the battery is fully charged, not that is is 3/4 charged. It is normal for a freshly charged battery to show three lights after the charger has been disconnected an hour or more. Get a good digital voltmeter and use it as close to the battery as practical.

Most TVs are wired with #10 or even #12 wire on the charging circuit. It's really more of a maintaining than a charging capability; usually limited to about 10 Amps depending on the battery's state of charge. Using #4 copper jumper cables will deliver 30-40 Amps for a more rapid recharge.