So they tell you to take the house batteries out and keep them on a trickle charger instead of keeping the whole class c plugged in all winter, but now I have a problem with starting my generator it seems it will not start without the house batteries even if I start the RV up or plug it into AC it will not start. And I was going to faithfully run it once a month for two hours. I guess it needs the juice from the house batteries to start or am I missing something here? what should I do now? thank you

Some RV's have a switch that you can press, this switch will divert starting power for the generator from the house battery to the chassis battery or vice a versa.......maybe you have one.. It's a toggle switch that will snap back after you get the Genny started...

I leave my coach batteries in the MH and run an extension cord to the battery charger that is hooked to them. I run the generator and the MH engine every week for 30 minutes, overkill maybe, but I do not have any problems with the generator or the engine and everything is ready when we want to go and camp. We camp year round, we just make adjustments for water and holding tanks in the cold weather.

Unless you rig is very old, I would leave it plugged in and check the battery water level once a month.

I also leave both the MH and engine battery in place. Both are connected to Battery Minders. I start the engine and the generator once a month and let them run for around 45 minutes. No problems so far.

Many people don't' run their generator when the rigs parked for the Winter .. probably better if you do but it's not that big of a deal. Other alternatives would be to drain the fuel from the generator carb, add Seafoam or gas stabilizer, or let the RV gas get below 1/4 tank an let the Generator run until it's dry.

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HARLYGL94
Explorer
Oct 22, 2014
You keep them all connected but can you put the battery minder on it when it's connected? I thought in the Winnebago manual it said to disconnect them.
ksg5000
Explorer
Oct 22, 2014
Many people don't' run their generator when the rigs parked for the Winter .. probably better if you do but it's not that big of a deal. Other alternatives would be to drain the fuel from the generator carb, add Seafoam or gas stabilizer, or let the RV gas get below 1/4 tank an let the Generator run until it's dry.
aubreym
Explorer
Oct 21, 2014
I also leave both the MH and engine battery in place. Both are connected to Battery Minders. I start the engine and the generator once a month and let them run for around 45 minutes. No problems so far.
Mandalay_Parr
Explorer
Oct 21, 2014
Unless you rig is very old, I would leave it plugged in and check the battery water level once a month.
Grandpere
Explorer
Oct 21, 2014
I leave my coach batteries in the MH and run an extension cord to the battery charger that is hooked to them. I run the generator and the MH engine every week for 30 minutes, overkill maybe, but I do not have any problems with the generator or the engine and everything is ready when we want to go and camp. We camp year round, we just make adjustments for water and holding tanks in the cold weather.
GENECOP
Explorer II
Oct 21, 2014
Some RV's have a switch that you can press, this switch will divert starting power for the generator from the house battery to the chassis battery or vice a versa.......maybe you have one.. It's a toggle switch that will snap back after you get the Genny started...

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