Single battery in a Eagle ?

[Mickey Bitsko]

Hi folks, just purchased a 05' Eagle, came w/one new west marine AGM79 battery [it's heavy]. Planning on solar this summer [i'm thinking 200w panel], my question is , will one battery be sufficient for the basic lighting requirements and occasional oem heater?

Thanks for input

Don

 

[NikonRon]

I have an Eagle on order and will have only 1 battery. It will power LED lights, ARB fridge and charge phone, will power this no problem. I may add a 160 watt solar panel for peace of mind when parked for 3 or 4 days. Ron

 

[cchoc]

I have an Eagle with 100w solar and dual batteries. If you have the built in compressor fridge I'd say you need two, otherwise one should do. I also use power for my laptop which is another reason for more battery power. Solar is good, but you need somewhere to store the energy.

 

[Mickey Bitsko]

Thanks for the input, cchoc, 100w solar would be fine for my application ? I do have the stock oem fridge, I don't know anything about it ,I imagine it's a compressor fridge?
NikonRon, thanks for the reply, I will be changing out to led's as well including cargo lights, anytime I can save power i will. I picked up my 4WC around Thanksgiving and have yet to pop the or even a shake down cruise, high temps around here [Colo.] mid -hi 20's , not real excited to raise the top may not get it down and" tucked in", Just chatting on this and WTW site gets me excited for spring though.
I might consider putting another battery on board, not sure if I want to cough up the cash for an AGM, at least from West Marine[pretty pricey]

 

[cchoc]

I wish I had more than 100w on top, but I do also have a 60w foldable - so I'd go with your initial plans for 200w. Yor fridge might also be a 3-way which doesn't use as much power. When I had my Engle fridge it would run all week in the desert with just the 60w panel, but the compressor fridge/freezer in my FWC is a lot more power hungry.

 

[Mickey Bitsko]

It is a three way, can't remember the brand, it's warming a bit , I'll go see the brand and whatnot .
I have two Interstate 6vdc and a 200w panel on a hard side I've had for years , if I'm in good morning light I can be topped off by 9a.m. generally speaking.

On another note, perhaps I should take the whole solar system off my hardside and lower my asking price, probably save several hundred,
glad we had this talk...lol