Starting battery goes dead
My starting battery is going dead when parked and while plugged in. The house batteries stay charged. The starting battery doesn't get charged. Is there any reason why I just couldn't connect the ...
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TNGW1500SE wrote:
My starting battery is going dead when parked and while plugged in. The house batteries stay charged. The starting battery doesn't get charged.
Is there any reason why I just couldn't connect the house batteries to the starting battery with a jumper wire on the positive terminal just for when it's parked in the winter? I could install an inline fuse in the wire. They are both connected to the frame on the negative side.
Any reason not to?
It would be nice to know the make/model/year/engine/chassis of the coach we're talking about. For instance, Winnebago coaches from late '05 down, especially the diesel ones, were not equipped with any form of chassis battery charging while on shore power. But, in '06, Winne started installing a unit called the Trik-L-Start. It's NOT A BATTERY CHARGER! It's simply a control unit that when conditions are met, it will siphon off, SOME of the charging intended towards the house batteries, to be re-directed to the chassis batteries, at a maximum rate of 5 amps.
So, this is why I ask about the year/make etc.
Scott
