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We are traveling to CO for the summer to work camp. We'll be staying in our new to us 2005 model 30' travel trailer. At our work location 110v electricity will be provided, at no cost. So that's a no brainer there, we'll be on shore power.
However we may be boondocking for a couple weeks beforehand and also after the summer season. The TT needs new batteries and I intend to buy two 6v golf cart style batteries that are rated 215ah each for a total of 430ah. We have a used Yamaha 3000iseb generator. Doing some uneducated research it seems that if I were to run the batteries down to 50% or so it would take hours for the generator to charge them back up. Which is inconvenient. Also I'm confused about how low of a voltage I can discharge the batteries to. When it says 215ah does that mean I can get all 215 ah out of it before recharge or is it more like half of that? I don't want to run the generator non stop.
Right now my best guess is to run the generator when using high load appliances such as coffee pot, microwave, hair dryer, air conditioning etc and hope that is enough to keep the batteries charged. Thoughts? Is it more economical to run the fridge of propane or off of the batteries and charged by gas generator?
Would a 200watt solar setup do much for me or no? I'm not looking to spend $1000+ on solar.
Edit:
If I discharge the TT batteries and then hookup the trailer wiring will it kill my truck battery? I've only got the one truck battery, of unknown quality.
However we may be boondocking for a couple weeks beforehand and also after the summer season. The TT needs new batteries and I intend to buy two 6v golf cart style batteries that are rated 215ah each for a total of 430ah. We have a used Yamaha 3000iseb generator. Doing some uneducated research it seems that if I were to run the batteries down to 50% or so it would take hours for the generator to charge them back up. Which is inconvenient. Also I'm confused about how low of a voltage I can discharge the batteries to. When it says 215ah does that mean I can get all 215 ah out of it before recharge or is it more like half of that? I don't want to run the generator non stop.
Right now my best guess is to run the generator when using high load appliances such as coffee pot, microwave, hair dryer, air conditioning etc and hope that is enough to keep the batteries charged. Thoughts? Is it more economical to run the fridge of propane or off of the batteries and charged by gas generator?
Would a 200watt solar setup do much for me or no? I'm not looking to spend $1000+ on solar.
Edit:
If I discharge the TT batteries and then hookup the trailer wiring will it kill my truck battery? I've only got the one truck battery, of unknown quality.
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