Converter charging vehicle battery

rooney77 wrote:
Is there anyway to tell definitively if when hooked to shore power my converter charges not only the house batteries but the van battery? I haven't found any documentation to tell me it does. I'd like the peace of mind of listening to the radio without worrying about starting the next day.

Here's the simplest way to make sure your chassis battery is getting, and kept, charged by the converter when on shore power. Plug the power cord from one of these into a 120 volt outlet in your Class C and plug the 12 volt cord end (it's a long cord) into a receptacle on the dash of the cab - your chassis battery is then getting, and kept, charged whenever you're on hookups. We have been doing this for many years in our Class C and it's Ford chassis battery is at least 5-6 years old:

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