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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Topic: battery life Posted: 02 Jun 2016 at 3:06pm |
These numbers seem very high. See JandL's posts above. That said, I concur with the two GC2 recommendation. The common dealer supplied Gp24 battery is ~80AH vs 220AH for the two golfers. A no brainer for me. |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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WillThrill
Senior Member Joined: 04 Jul 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 298 |
Posted: 03 Jun 2016 at 11:35am |
Are you saying that these items draw less power? I can't find now information from someone who has actually measured it, but it's definitely more than 3-4 watts. On another RV we rented, running the fridge and detectors alone would drain our marine battery completely in less than two days.
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"Not all those who wander are lost." Tolkien
2014 Hood River 177 2005 GMC Envoy XL |
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 03 Jun 2016 at 11:52am |
JandL provides the best measured data recently. I no longer have my RPOd, but his numbers are consistent with my memory and my measurements on my current trailer. If your previous rented trailer had a two door fridge with the freezer it probably had the built in frame heater. That alone is a constant 0.5A=12AH per day.
http://rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7955&KW=TYPICAL+BATTERY+RUN+TIMES&PID=75222&title=typical-battery-run-times#75222 |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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JandL
Senior Member Joined: 29 Mar 2014 Location: California Online Status: Offline Posts: 364 |
Posted: 03 Jun 2016 at 12:54pm |
When my refrigerator is running on propane, I wanted to find out what the quiescent current (parasitic battery drain) is for the circuit board that controls the fridge and that measured 98mA. I have not been able to measure the fans with my meters yet because by the time I hear them and hook up the meters the fans shut off. The manufactures specification on the fan is 320 mA (.32 amps). There is a valve for turning on and off the propane and I haven’t measured that yet, but in looking at other low pressure DC solenoid propane valves it’s probably between 500mA-750mA. It does not run all the time so I will have to get my meters in place the next time I turn on the refrigerator and confirm all my measurements.
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JandL
2013 Honda Ridgeline 2012 177 2 Paynes in a Pod |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 03 Jun 2016 at 4:37pm |
Welcome. For a weekend the standard 12 volt deep cycle battery will be enough - but just enough. If you will be going for longer periods then go with the dual golf cart batts as others have suggested.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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