condor22
Mike
So, the purpose of this thread - I covered a fair bit of theoretical information in my thread on Bush Power.
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=9156
During the course of working out what I'm using from my van battery when bush camping, I thought it might assist others to note what the "real world" practical loads are. Of course this will vary slightly with individual needs and gear, but there are some constants or similarities.
The first part of the thread will concentrate on what we prospecters use. I already have a power consumption list of my caravan gear i.e. lights, TV, pump, heater etc and will post that following the test results. If others have other real world figures (not rated loads) please post, keep in mind that rated loads don't always match actual
I'll give my setup, the test parameters and then the results. I'll be using my caravan battery for the test, but I could equally do this from my auxilliary 4x4 battery and get very similar results. The specific battery size will not affect the results as all of the following are very low load charging, so wether you have 60AH or 300AH won't matter.
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=9156
During the course of working out what I'm using from my van battery when bush camping, I thought it might assist others to note what the "real world" practical loads are. Of course this will vary slightly with individual needs and gear, but there are some constants or similarities.
The first part of the thread will concentrate on what we prospecters use. I already have a power consumption list of my caravan gear i.e. lights, TV, pump, heater etc and will post that following the test results. If others have other real world figures (not rated loads) please post, keep in mind that rated loads don't always match actual
I'll give my setup, the test parameters and then the results. I'll be using my caravan battery for the test, but I could equally do this from my auxilliary 4x4 battery and get very similar results. The specific battery size will not affect the results as all of the following are very low load charging, so wether you have 60AH or 300AH won't matter.