Leisure Battery Limitations

[Paris2007]

Hello all. I'm a fairly new T5 camper owner (Leisuredrive Built) and loving the freedom and fun of Vanlife

The van has a boiler and a microwave that we can use if we are on hookup but using the leisure battery alone the plugs won't work so those luxuries are out of action. The question I have is whether there is a different battery or an alternative solution that would allow us to use them?

Many thanks

Paris2007

 

[Salty Spuds]

Short answer is no you can’t.
Long answer is, if you want to invest in a lot of lithium battery capacity & a large pure sine wave inverter and all the associated wiring & gubbins, then yes it can be done.
Is it worth it, probably not. It’s a campervan, this is camping. Embrace it.

 

[Paris2007]

Short answer is no you can’t.
Long answer is, if you want to invest in a lot of lithium battery capacity & a large pure sine wave inverter and all the associated wiring & gubbins, then yes it can be done.
Is it worth it, probably not. It’s a campervan, this is camping. Embrace it.

Absolutely. Camping it is but when you've been given that bit of extra you just want it all the time
However, no plans to do any big upgrades so she'll stay as she is.