Thread: lighting/power?

Hi bigcarle, being as you don’t sound like you will be doing too much free camping, another option would be to fit a dual battery system to your tow and have a 12v extension cord to connect to camper.

OR

Same set up but you could run an inverter connected to the tow vehicle’s batteries and just run a standard 240vac extension cord over to your camper.

In either case, this would not only save having to mount a battery in the camper, it would also remove the need to maintain a battery in your camper while it’s not in use.

Having the second battery in the tow vehicle means you will always have a fully charged auxiliary battery when you need it.

youd be able to make up a small portable power pack using a couple of gell cells or a small motorbike battery that will do just what you need.

if its only for lighting and you dont need masses of brightness I'd suggest a solar powered lantern. The one I have does the job for basic food prep getting dressed or for seeing where you're packing things but is a bit dim for reading or detail work. goes for a good 6 hours on about 8 hours sunlight and can be charged or run from external 12v or 240v adaptors.

the spare battery doesn't worry me too much as i already have a spare battery swapping it between 2 classic cars.
i have done the bit with the 2 cars with their own battery and of course it dies early because they dont get used often enough hence the reason i am swapping the batteries around to give the battery more work to do