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Your motorhome electrical system is your lifeline to modern civilisation, comfort and convenience. When connected to mains power, it distributes 240 volts (V) to the three-pin sockets located throughout your motorhome.

But what about when you’re not connected to the mains and have to rely on battery power to camp comfortably?

In this article, we talk about motorhome batteries, where their power comes from, and how to safely recharge them from different sources.

The advent of motorhome appliances that run on LPG has greatly improved the ability to enjoy off-the-grid camping. However, LPG is a dangerous liquid that has the potential to cause significant harm if not handled correctly.

Explosive LPG can leak from a gas cylinder or gas appliance — or carbon monoxide (CO) can silently snuff out your breathing while a faulty diesel or LPG heater warms the cabin.

When a lightning bolt struck Ben Franklin’s kite in 1752, it sent a direct current of energy to the key he’d tied at the end of the kite’s string. Ever since then, we’ve been looking at ways of generating, transmitting, storing, and using that energy — and modern human existence is now totally dependent upon it.

Our motorhomes, caravans and campervans are obvious examples of this dependence. They all need a source of electricity to function.

Even our gas appliances and diesel heaters are reliant on having some form of electrical power to ignite their burners. It’s therefore important to know how much 12 volt (V) energy your motorhome has stored before settling into a long stretch of freedom camping.