Trickle charging batteries
I recently made trickle charging the batteries easy without being plugged in. I wanted the trickle chargers inside the MH without activating everything that is on when the MH is plugged in. Winnebago ...
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georgelesley wrote:
Winnebago specifically says not to leave our model plugged in for Long Storage.
This is only good advice if you still have their original cheap converter/charger.
IF....you now have a 3 or 4 stage fully automatic charger, that caution is no longer necessary.
Of course, that won't do anything for your chassis battery but connecting a small charger to it directly usually isn't a big deal.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY......one should NOT be using a cheap trickle charger to keep your batteries up over long periods of time. You need a fully automatic tender type charger.
Posting what is otherwise good information but tainting it with the term "trickle charger" is really doing a dis-service.
