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Re: Battery hogs how do you deal withem ideas?

Postby edgeau » Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:01 am

Don't buy 'em!

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Postby John61CT » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:26 am

pay for powered camp sites, or carry a genny
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Postby tony.latham » Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:59 am

edgeau wrote:Don't buy 'em!

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Exactly. Hey, we're camping.

What are you looking at Slow? Not one of those 12V fishing poles, I hope. ;)

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Postby featherliteCT1 » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:40 pm

Slow, have you made any estimates about how many amps you would draw per 8 hr night with one of those 5k Chinese heaters, based on your situation and needs?
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Postby tony.latham » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:44 pm

featherliteCT1 wrote:Slow, have you made any estimates about how many amps you would draw per 8 hr night with one of those 5k Chinese heaters, based on your situation and needs?



Slow:

I'd guess you'd have that running for a half hour in the evening and then the same in the morning in a teardrop. That's about five amps. No biggee.

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Postby redbicycle » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:56 pm

slowcowboy wrote:Naw, that chink heater they all are talking about...slow..


You're disgusting


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Postby Treeview » Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:02 pm

redbicycle wrote:
slowcowboy wrote:Naw, that chink heater they all are talking about...slow..


You're disgusting


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I second that... that's awful language.
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Postby featherliteCT1 » Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:06 pm

I find that calling someone on this forum disgusting is disgusting
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Postby Sparksalot » Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:07 am

Slow, how many watts is the heater you're talking about?
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Postby KennethW » Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:03 am

Sparksalot wrote:Slow, how many watts is the heater you're talking about?

This is what Slow is getting info on if it is a batery killer or not.
https://youtu.be/OjvcBiBAqMQ
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Postby tony.latham » Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:37 am

slowcowboy wrote:Tony what if i ever wanted to take my tear ice fishing perhadpe..what would heat my camper all night long...which I amit for summer camping isn't nessary just like you say a hour before bed and when i get up..slow.


Then you should wear you long-johns and leave your spurs behind.

If the heater ran continuously, it'd draw about 35 amps. A Group 27 marine battery would handle that just fine for one night. But since it produces 5,000 watts it would probably run less than a third of the time in a teardrop.

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Postby Sparksalot » Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:10 pm

KennethW wrote:
Sparksalot wrote:Slow, how many watts is the heater you're talking about?

This is what Slow is getting info on if it is a batery killer or not.
https://youtu.be/OjvcBiBAqMQ


Gotcha, I was thinking resistance heating for some reason.
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Postby gudmund » Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:48 pm

it's been two days since I read the ..."not one of those 12 V fishing poles, I hope.." comment, which still has me laughing :lol: trying to visualize that in my mind !! Just think how fresh of a fish you could be eating? if you could make a pole like that, you maybe could include a 'nuking' option with it, thus being able 'cook' it before you even remove it from the hook :thinking: :thinking:
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Postby tony.latham » Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:32 pm

slowcowboy wrote:So since they run batterys down forget the park heators and go back to my heator hoses connected to my tow vechile idea as before??? Slow...


Slow:

You're probably only going to use fifteen or so amps in a night. There's no way those heaters will run down a Group 24 or Group 27 in a teardrop as long as the battery is healthy.

Running your truck all night to heat your teardrop doesn't sound like the top of the heap of ideas to me. I'd lay there all night listening to the engine while worrying about a coolant leak that is going to cause my engine to overheat and seize.

Kinda like listening to hobbled pack stock all frigging night when you're thirty miles from the horse trailer.

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Postby Treeview » Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:42 am

slowcowboy wrote:So since they run batterys down forget the park heators and go back to my heator hoses connected to my tow vechile idea as before??? Slow...


Or...remember, you're camping. Get rid of any cotton clothing, wear wool or synthetics. Eat a good meal. Spend some money on getting a good mountaineering quality sleeping bag...don't wear spurs to sleep! Wear a balaclava. Get a couple of dogs as heaters.

How cold is the air when you're out? Not wind chill...air temp?
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