Charge House Batteries
Is there a way to charge your house batteries without having to disconnect any cables. I want to use a smart charger.
Forum Discussion
roachcoach wrote:
Can the chassis batteries be charged that way also?
First: to answer the initial question: YES since it is a DC system you can just hook up the charger to the batteries and let it do it's thing. No need to disconnect anything though you might hit the salesman switch (use/store to store) or AUX battery switch to off for safety. But since you are using a smart charger, even that is not needed.. Note below
Second question has two answers.
IF your coach has a BIRD (Bidirectional Isolator Relay Device) or something like it, that lets the house converter charge the chassis battery then the answer is a resounding YES,, In fact charging the house batteries with them still CONNECTED (Aux on/or USE), WILL charge the chassis battery.
IF your coach has a one-way isolator... (Unidirectional) then yes, just hook to the chassis battery.
Finally: IF your coach has a good 3-stage converter,, (many do, Damon blessed me with a Progressive Dynamics Intella-power 9180 with the optional (on the 9100 line) Charge wizard, none better than a charge wizard controlled converter) why not just plug it in and use it?
