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gotsmart
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Aug 21, 2015

Removable Solar battery maintainer for chassis battery

I'm currently working at an RV park and the parasitic draw in my E450 has already drained the chassis battery once. I put a battery charger on the chassis battery, charged it up and it came back to li...
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gotsmart
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Aug 21, 2015
VTR wrote:
How well is it working for you? What wattage solar panel? Is this to keep your coach battery topped? I have a TT but still interested in the post.

It is a 5 watt panel. For details click on the very 1st link in the post. Yes, its purpose is to keep the chassis battery topped off.

My coach battery is maintained by the converter, but it does not maintain the chassis (truck) battery.

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