Battery charging question
I saw a recipe where one would put your crock pot in the sink and cook while traveling. Will my batteries be charged by my truck will driving down the road?
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Sandia Man wrote:
As stated above, your tow vehicle can provide a small charge to your RV's battery through the 7 pin connector, only way to know for sure is using a voltmeter on battery while tow vehicle is running, there should be a noticeable increase in voltage if a charge is present. Without an inverter your crockpot must be able to utilize 12 volts DC to actually function, they are available at Cabelas and Bed Bath and Beyond to name a couple of stores.
the underline subject has been discussed here several times in the past few months. The short answer to the question of re-charging a TT deep cycle battery from you vehicle is probably NOT ! You would need more than 14V to properly charge (and a good charge controller) to charge a deep cycle battery and you are not going to get that.
Running a inverter is similar, but not the same. Inverters will usually keep running down to some where between 11.0-11.5V. The problem is, if the voltage temporarily drops below that and the inverter shuts down, will it restart when the voltage comes up to 12V ?
