OT: battery power and generation

[Nathan England]

All,

I live in a travel trailer full time and move from place to place. I always 
hook up to power at the camp ground / trailer park and have never needed to 
use my batteries unless the power goes out, which in northern AZ is quite 
often. 

Anyway, I want to start using my batteries more and not paying APS for 
electric, so I am looking into solar generation or a gas generator to 
supplement. But I am completely ignorant of the way power works or what 
amp/hours means and all that.

I have two 12volt deep cycle batteries, what do I need to charge them and how 
long could it take to charge them?

I know I could ask this on an RV forum, but being a tech junkie, and you all 
as well, I'm assuming someone will know some tricks so I could possibly build 
something myself... Possibly creating an interface to my computer to 
monitor/control any of this.

nathan
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