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davidkerry
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Mar 23, 2019

Battery charging

Hi Its been a while since Ive posted here and hoping for some good help as always. I have a 2002 WW FT2200 toy hauler, it's a rock solid rig ,owned since 2006 , many many miles!
So I have a Battery charging question. When I'm at home prepping for a trip, I'll disconnect the big three prong cable(wire) inside the power bay and connect to my 110 v at my house.
This should charge the batteries right? or does this just supply shore power .
The TH batteries (twin deep cell) are 4 years old and I run a solar trickle charge on them when in storage . The gen fires right up , the electric winch works fine, lights come on no sweat, but after 24 hours of bring plugged in , the battery level stays in the yellow "medium / low" zone. Seems like it should be up in the green . Anyway , maybe I'm wrong and plugging in doesn't charge the batteries , it just supplies power?
Is there a way to charge the batteries by plugging into 110 ...or is it best to put them on a proper battery charger.
Thanks in advance for any and all input

Dave
  • Hi Don I check the converter and reply back tomorrow, how long (typically) do deep cell batteries last? I know there's a lot of factors involved in that answer;)

    thanks very much
  • Hi Dave,

    The converter charges the "house" batteries. But not all converters do a good job. What kind do you have?

    It is also possible the solar trickle charger doesn't have enough wattage to do the job. If that is the case, then the 4 year old batteries may be on their last legs.