Battery on 2019 Cedar Creek Cottage 40CCK

[Joemcg-FRF]

Hello all, I am hoping someone might be able to answer a question i have about our unit. We purchased our Cedar Creek 40CCK 3 years ago after selling our 2000 Winnebago Adventurer. We owned that for a little over 10 years and loved it but couldn't pass up this unit when it becomes available in our favorite park.

I was very familiar with every system on the MH and did as much of the repair/upgrades/maintenance as possible. The question I have concerns the small starter battery located up by the trailer hitch.

What systems does this battery supply or power? It's not a Deep Cycle type like I had on the MH for self contained use. We are permanently setup on a site with 50A power/water/sewer and just opened up for the season yesterday, and after hooking up this battery again I remembered to ask on the forum.

Any help would be appreciated and hope everyone has a great summer.

 

[TacomaJoe]

The battery out front is for the breakaway brake system while on the road.

 

[Aussieguy]

what's the campground power like? nice and stable or finicky?

what's the fridge... residential needs 120v all the time or propane 120v 12v combo

if power goes out you want to save food so battery backup may be a good idea
a 200ah lifpo4 would be great if campground looses power a lot only costs around $300

if you need 120v for fridge add a small INVERTER... you might already have one?

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Do you pay for power and are you fulltime living in it
if yes ... do a cost analysis to see if solar and bigger battery bank will be of any good

spend $2000 -3000 and if it takes around 2 years to pay you back..... it may be a good investment
check the campground ... any other peoples there with solar... don't be shy and say hello
ask them if it works.

panels are cheap when you look at the residential sizes
I got 2 x 370w panels from Facebook for $175 each
paid $500 total out the door for mountings wires and controller
which takes care of all my 12v needs .... and possibly a bit of inverter if I wanted too

your roof should allow a lot of panels to make it worth while


EDIT...
look at swapping air conditioners a mini split may be a lot more economical and QUIET

 

[Joemcg-FRF]

Thank you for the quick replies. Was wondering if I could just do without that battery. May just disconnect it and take it home. Will be many years before it ever moves.

Power in the Park has been recently upgraded and I use a Hughes 50A Autoformer that came with the unit. Loved my 30A unit on my MH for helping out with some of the State Parks we would stay at with older power lines that would suffer voltage drops. No issues here though.

 

[bikendan]

Moved thread from the General Tech and Repair section to the Electrical and Charging Systems sub-forum since the OP's questions are specific to that particular sub-forum and are not general tech and repair questions.

 

[Oaklevel]

For your purpose it is only needed if you move the trailer.......... The battery operates the same as any other camper if used / needed.. Your converter will run the 12V system.