Solar to keep batteries charged in storage.

austinjenna wrote:

Cost aside I'd take the covered storage, not bother with trying to maintain the batteries with solar while in storage, and instead take them home with me to maintain between trips. JMO, but your trailer will survive much better over the long term if under cover and protected from the sun.

For the first time in years I winter stored our trailer indoors and there's no question in my mind it survived much better being totally protected from the harsh winter elements so I'll be planning to do the same next winter. If I could I'd jump at the chance to store under cover during the camping season but such facilities in our area just aren't available at a cost I can afford. If you have that opportunity and can afford it I'd go for it.

I fully agree with the above statement. They take a beating just being out in the sun. Unfortunately my storage does not have covered spots so I do use solar to keep the batteries topped off with a disconnect switch. On my old fiver it was easy to get to the battery to remove it and bring it home between trips and throw it on the maintainer. The new fiver is a pain to get to them so I went with solar.

Agreed totally with the above, schlepping batteries around is a pain. I can't even start to estimate the number of batteries I've carried over the years. I think I reached my limit.;) I have solar, also, and it is the best battery maintainer I've experienced.

What I really need to do is move some stuff around on my property and set up a cover between out buildings for the old Starcraft. I could mount a solar panel on the cover for battery maintenance. All of that is on my extended to-do list.