Can I Operate Slides With the Engine Off?
I have a 2012 30' Itasca Class A. It came with (2) Napa 12V 210Ah house batteries (Total=420 Ah) . I replaced them with (6) Interstate 6V 210Ah batteries (Total=624 Ah) The single chassis battery is ...
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Kayteg1 wrote:Trackrig wrote:
The slides take a very heavy amperage draw - why would you not want to help the batteries out with power output from the engine? I'm sure you could do it, but why put the extra load on them?
Bill
On the other hand why would you burn $5 worth of fuel and add wear to the engine to do 10 cents job?
I think wear on the batteries will eventually cost more than wear on the engine. 60 seconds of idle on the engine vs a huge amp draw on the batteries.
Bill
