A/C, Outlets & 12v

Ok I have the unit home now and I am going through the paces while in the drive way. And I have a few questions for you all since my dealer is closed today and will think about this all night if I do not asked now.
While running off 12volt battery only the lights work. Is this normal?
For some reason I thought I could have lights and electrical outlets running off the battery.

I am sure the A/C draws to much juice to run off the battery, but as I am new to the R/V world I figured I would ask.

When I hook up my unit to the power running from the house everything runs ok.

Oh yes, I am already working on a mod to my unit. Pictures when I am done, but so far I removed the television above the bed, as we do not like a tv when we are on the road. I am closing off the area (above the bed) where the tv was to make storage for clothes and what ever else we may want to store. Still plenty of head room

Outlets, A/C, microwave, electric element in the water heater, and in most models the television only run when plugged into an outside 120 volt AC source.  Lights, exhaust fan, fridge, water heater, water pump, and LP detector all work from 12 or 120 volts (only use propane for the fridge and water heater when running only on battery).

As you said, most of the stuff I list as 120-volts only require way too much energy to run from batteries.  Theoretically you could run the A/C with about 8 batteries and an inverter... for about 8 hours.  Just to give you an idea of how much energy they use.

Thank you all for the information. After awhile I figured that what you told me was the case, I just wanted to be sure I was on the right track or I did something to ole Tricera-Pod.
We will not be doing any dry camping this year, at least I don't think we will, way too hot in the southern states we will be visiting.

OK something new for me. What's a wall wort?

"Wall Wart" is a nickname for those little black things you plug into the AC outlets in your house or RPOD to change AC to DC.  It is basically a small transformer.  If you use one, be sure to use the one for your appliance or else verify that it can handle the amperage of whatever you are plugging in to it.  This is why you should use the one meant for whatever appliance you are converting energy for.  Also, be aware that wall warts have many different insertion connectors and they are all about the same size...another reason for using the one meant for your appliance.

In case you want to adapt a spare wall wart for something else, check the amperage and the connector.  Radio Shack has an assortment of adapters for changing the tips (connectors...plug ins to your appliance).

A couple of those with you can be handy in an RPOD if you are using shore power and have not run any 12VDC outlets.

Happy power podding,

Burt