by cracker39 » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:26 pm
Back in the 70s and 80s, I had both a pickup camper and a Coleman Pop-up, and used my vehicle battery only, but did only weekend camping. I also used my car or truck battery for my fishing trolling motor (a small one). I know that the car battery isn't meant for this type of use, but I never had a problem with drain. My camper lights would be on for the weekend and not drain my battery to the point where It would not start the vehicle. Today, I know about deep cycle batteries, having used several for fishing, and will use one in my trailer. The big ones cost about $70 at WalMart, and the smaller one avout $50. If it will run my big trolling motor for several hours, it would do for lights for a week at least.