theoldwizard1 wrote:
It has been covered MANY TIMES before, that simply connecting your RV battery in parallel with the TV battery, even using LARGE cable will not fully charge your RV battery !
mike-s wrote:
No, but it can get it to 90%, and that's only an issue if your bank is underrated for the need, or you don't have any opportunity to fully top off every week or two via other methods.
theoldwizard1 wrote:
I don't think I would want to go "a week or two" without properly FULLY recharging my battery bank.
People who boondock would still be better off with a generator and a good charger and/or solar. This would be good for folks who "dry camp" for one night (Walmart, rest stop) and are going to get on the road first thing and want there battery bank topped off by the time they get to their next destination.
We don't "WalMart" but we do seem to use our truck daily while camping for moving about the campground, going out to sight see, get groceries, etc, so the ability to properly charge a trailer battery with this CTEK DC charger while driving around is really an attractive solution for me. Here's my dilemma though - for whatever reason GM designed in this empty space & tray for an auxiliary battery but it's only big enough for a G24. :S
I just tried dropping in my dead G27 and no way will it fit, largely because that large rad hose is blocking access. :M However, if I just wedge the battery in at an angle it
will fit and since a G31 is the same width & height but just a bit longer I think it would wedge in as well. I'd have secure it of course but for a few times each season this just may work. :)
I suppose the alternate argument in favour of two G24s is that this size would not only fit in this space but the trailer would still always be powered by one battery while I'm charging the other, whereas if I pull the one G31 to charge it the trailer would be dead. :( I'll have to muse on this a bit more but I sure like the idea that this new CTEK DC charger could in fact be the Holy Grail for some of us. :B
