house or chassis batteries used for slideouts
have gas engine Winnebago 2009. manual says should run engine when running slide-outs in or out. I have one chassis battery and 2 house batteries. which is used for the slide-out operation?
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When the mfg wants the engine running for slide operation consider:
1. Your neighbors if you want to move the slides at night and have to start the engine.
2. A DC motor will easily move the slide w/o the engine running so consider that the wiring is to small or the motor is to small or there is some other design constraint. Of course the higher voltage from the alternator can overcome some design constraints.
3. Slide motors draw little current, perhaps 20A and almost no power due to their short duration. So battery power is not a concern unless it's very discharged.
4. No one has mentioned operating the slides while on shore power. This implies that the charger does not maintain the chassis battery. If a solenoid is used to charge the house battery with the engine then there is very little cost to charging the chassis battery with the charger.
1. Your neighbors if you want to move the slides at night and have to start the engine.
2. A DC motor will easily move the slide w/o the engine running so consider that the wiring is to small or the motor is to small or there is some other design constraint. Of course the higher voltage from the alternator can overcome some design constraints.
3. Slide motors draw little current, perhaps 20A and almost no power due to their short duration. So battery power is not a concern unless it's very discharged.
4. No one has mentioned operating the slides while on shore power. This implies that the charger does not maintain the chassis battery. If a solenoid is used to charge the house battery with the engine then there is very little cost to charging the chassis battery with the charger.
