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SlowBro
Explorer III
Jan 21, 2015

Is a house battery necessary if plugging in at campground?

Is a house battery necessary if plugging in at campground? The trailer I'm looking at (2005 Fleetwood Resort TNT 25QB) has a battery of unknown condition, and it may be the original, ten years old. Bu...
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kaydeejay
Explorer
Jan 21, 2015
Terryallan wrote:
While you do need a battery for the E brakes. You really don't need one to run the trailer while plugged in to shore power. Your converter will take care of all the DC appliances. How do I know? I did it.
Depends on the converter, some will work just fine supplying 12V DC without a battery, some won't.
Regardless, the DC is a lot "smoother" with a battery connected.

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