battery disconnect
This forum is great!!! Learning so much I finally joined. Now could someone please explain to me what the purpose of the battery disconnect is and when it should be on. charging my batteries for tr...
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maxwell2012 wrote:
This forum is great!!! Learning so much I finally joined. Now could someone please explain to me what the purpose of the battery disconnect is and when it should be on. charging my batteries for trip to florida but don't know which position to put the switch. Also when i am plugged in to truck/campsite/ or running the generator which switch position? thanks.
On =MY= FW, the disconnect disconnects =all= 12v power, with the exception of the landing gear and the slide. This includes the power converter, so it won't charge when plugged in if the switch is OFF. I found this out the hard way. The main reason for the disconnect is to cut off the parasitic draws that will drain your batteries; another lesson I learned the expensive way. The gas detectors, TVs, stereos and microwave all draw power ALL the time...unless the power's shut off. If you have a factory-prepped/installed generator, you =should= have a transfer switch that =should= automatically switch the power over to the generator when it's running. If not, then you =need= to have a manual transfer switch.
Lyle
