Disconnect batteries?
We just got our new 42'6" long rv - our first. It is being stored in the park where we will live in it 6 mos of the year, beginning in May. Two questions: 1) When connected to shore power, should the ...
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Unless you have some way to charge the batteries, they will go flat in about 2-3 weeks, tops, if you don't use the on-board disconnect or otherwise physically disconnect them by pulling a cable. There are parasitic draws on the system, even if everything is turned off. Clocks on the microwave, TVs, DVD players, stereo, gas detectors and (if hardwired) smoke detectors all draw power all the time as long as there's power. I know on my Komfort, =everything= is killed with the house disconnect, except the slide and landing leg motors. FWIW, the disconnect on my FW also kills the battery charger, which I found out the hard way right before a boondocking trip.
Fully charged, they shouldn't freeze and should last several months without a problem.
Lyle
Fully charged, they shouldn't freeze and should last several months without a problem.
Lyle
