pnichols wrote:
Hmm ... since this is a Class C forum ... don't late model Ford, Chevy, and Sprinter cabs still have good old cigarette lighter type always-hot 12 volt receptacles on their dash such that a simple battery maintainer could be plugged into it to float the engine starting battery during storage?
.... Or is everything on the cab dash USB and/or built-in low power inverter output now days?
I have a choice with my 1991. I can use my cig plug to cig plug adapter I made to join the TV panel's (above the dash) "house" connection to the dash engine batt's connection, while the converter does both on shore power, solar, or gen- OR-
I can plug a small amp maintainer charger that stays at 13.4v no matter what, into an RV 120v receptacle, and plug the cig plug wires for that charger into the dash. (the charger also has a set of wire clamps that came with it that you can use on a battery)
I prefer the latter since I don't really want to leave the starter battery in parallel with my AGM house batteries, but probably that is ok. I just don't like to do that.
