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    Posted: 29 Mar 2017 at 7:57pm
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.
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Posts: 274 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Mar 2017 at 10:12pm
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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.

I thought I was fully charged. This was last fall, so I'll have to do more testing this season. I have a voltmeter.
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The water pump draws ~6A when running. Even 30 minutes of total pump operation would only be 3 AH. Most likely the battery was not fully charged. Unless it was plugged in overnight it wasn't fully charged.
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Posts: 1407 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Mar 2017 at 11:47am
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.
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I would have your 2 batteries load tested. We dry camp and can go 6 days on a single battery(one size bigger than stock).  Waterpump draws 7.5 amps per hour of use at max effort.
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