Spoon686
New Member
Hi everyone. First post here. I am looking at upgrading to 2 100 ah batteries on my travel trailer as it came with a 12 volt fridge which is much more of a drain on the system compared to the old lp/120 volt fridge we had in our previous camper. I would like to drop them in the same spot as the original batteries on the front of our camper. We only camp from May to October in Pennsylvania so I'm not really concerned about the batteries below freezing. I have a wfco-9865 charger converter that is not made to charge lithium batteries. As I understand, it will charge to about 80 percent. I have 6 gauge wire running from the plug on the outside of the camper to a wfco panel to the 50 amp main breaker, then 8 gauge wire from the charger convertor to the batteries which I would guess is about 10-15 feet.
My questions are...
1. What brand batteries should I look at buying?
2. I would like to be able to mount a battery life monitor up next to our light switch control panel in the camper. Can I do this wirelessly with a certain battery? I see some our Bluetooth.
3. Do I need to upgrade my wire size to the battery? Specifically I am worried that the batteries may pull to many amps out of the charger convertor when batteries are drained. If this isn't a concern let me know.
My overall goal is to be able to go 1.5-2 days on the batteries without having to run the generator if I can get by. As I understand my fridge will use roughly 55 ah per day if warm and having to cool down empty from another users research online. In reality that will probably not be the case as I will already have it cooled on shore power, and loaded with food. But would like to be prepared. Thanks!
My questions are...
1. What brand batteries should I look at buying?
2. I would like to be able to mount a battery life monitor up next to our light switch control panel in the camper. Can I do this wirelessly with a certain battery? I see some our Bluetooth.
3. Do I need to upgrade my wire size to the battery? Specifically I am worried that the batteries may pull to many amps out of the charger convertor when batteries are drained. If this isn't a concern let me know.
My overall goal is to be able to go 1.5-2 days on the batteries without having to run the generator if I can get by. As I understand my fridge will use roughly 55 ah per day if warm and having to cool down empty from another users research online. In reality that will probably not be the case as I will already have it cooled on shore power, and loaded with food. But would like to be prepared. Thanks!
