newbie to boondocking - one night first attempt

[Camper_bob]

I agree with the others. Try it out when the stakes are low just to see if you can do it. Be aggressive with your 12V usage in your test. Then you'll know exactly what you can/cannot do.

It sucks figuring the math in theory, coming to the conclusion that you'll be fine, then waking up to a beeping CO alarm indicating low battery at 3 in the morning. Ask me how I know...

[Skyline]

If you run your tow vehicle for 30 minutes every 4 to six hours with jumper cables to the trailer battery you should be fine. That is if you use the battery sparingly. A voltage meter on your house battery will tell you when to give it a boost. At about 11 volts charge it.

[SJ Communicator]

If you're only doing one night you should be fine! Especially if you leave your tow vehicle connected. You technically have 2 batteries then and always can run the tow vehicles engine for a little to recharge. I wouldn't want to boondock Long term like that. But as mentioned 1 night you should be fine. We stayed 3 single nights at Harvest Host locations on our trip to Texas (& back) only had one battery and we were fine.