Single Battery for Overnight

[geobrian]

Hi All. We have an Imagine XLS 23BHE with a single Interstate battery, the kind you add water to. We don't intend on doing much boondocking, but will need to do an occasional night here and there off grid. Wondering what the capabilities of our single battery are, as far as operating slides, lights, water pump, heater (blower fan), TV etc. Any advice? I assume that microwave, coffee maker, etc will be completely out of the question.

[A.Texas.Yankee]

I would highly recommend adding battery(ies). You'll find that 1 battery will run basics but I would certainly have a contingency plan. Remember you can really only use about half the battery capacity on the lead batteries.

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[Second Chance]

The furnace will deplete a single lead-acid battery if it cycles regularly overnight - then you'd be stuck with no power to pull in the slides or retract the stabilizers. Follow @A.Texas.Yankee's advice and add battery capacity and consider ways to recharge (perhaps a modest solar setup or small generator and 1 or 2 good LiFePO4 batteries).

Rob

[FT4NOW]

We had a 100AH lithium in our Momentum and I want to say we were down to around 30% remaining after almost a full day. We didn't have an inverter or use the furnace. We had a battery monitor which is how I know the remaining power.

Keep in mind, that your dealer installed battery is lead acid and only 50% of the rated amp hours are usable. For example, a 100 AH lead acid battery only has 50 AH that are usable compared to lithium where 100% of the AH are usable.

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