RV FEATURE
I remember when I bought my first camper trailer . It was a fairly basic affair . Not much more than a 6x4 trailer with a heavy axle and big 4WD wheels and tyres . The list of options wasn ’ t long . A drop-down table on the tailgate made do as a ‘ kitchen ’. The other option was a tray to hold a 12V battery . I thought that might be a handy thing to have so I had it added to the build .
The point of this nostalgia is to emphasise the point that , back in those days , no one gave much thought to the type of battery to fit or how much capacity it had . It was just going to power a couple of camp lights and perhaps an air pump or , in my case , a 12V portable black and
white TV . That was about it . Any 12V battery would do . How times have changed !
Today , our caravans , and even many camper trailers , are virtually homes on the road . They have all the tech , gadgets and appliances that we are supposed to leave at home when on holiday . If you ’ re camped at a caravan park , it really isn ’ t an issue , but if you want to do any free-camping , the size and type of battery you fit into your RV is probably the most critical decision you can make . In this feature , we want to give you the absolute basic guide to sizing up a battery for your RV .
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