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the only silly question is the one not asked.

about 5 days fully charged.as you know the hot water can only be from gas but you still need a battery to ignight it.

Quote: Originally posted by jennifernn on 02/5/2010

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What about if you use the gas heating with the blower? That must use a fair bit?

CHRISALIZ.....how about getting a solar panel to help keep the battery topped up?

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Hardly any, the blown air fan is a very small electric motor using a small fraction of an amp each hour. The big user of electric in the van is the lighting, though for the times that you are pumping water the water pump takes a fair amount. For occasional use a solar panel is not necessary, better to sort out a lead to plug into the S socket to plug in and pass into the boot so that whenever you go out you can take the battery with you and put quite a lot of charge back into the battery.

Quote: Originally posted by Grampian91 on 03/5/2010

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Twin electrics on the car? Plug it in & run the engine for 5 minutes, Will put more charge into the battery than a solar panel will do all day or longer.

No twin socket get some cheap jump leads.

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I agree that hooking the car up is the answer to top up the battery If you don't have a solar panel or similar but I'd recommend a little bit longer than 5 minutes. It obviously depends on how much current you draw from the battery on a daily basis but you'll be looking at running the engine on the motor for approx 15-30 mins per day. You can purchase an extension lead like the one in the below link. It can come in handy if you need to leave the car at the side of the caravan rather than reversing it close to the hitch.

Steve

Extension lead

Post last edited on 04/05/2010 13:17:53

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