Battery Disconnect Switch and Converter
Hi, new to this forum... I have a 2016 Adventurer truck camper. The problem is when I push the battery disconnect switch to the OFF position, it cuts all 12 V power to the camper. In other words, t...
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What the battery disconnect disconnects varies some from RV to RV. Often indeed the converter is on the house side of the disconnect, but that's not universal. On my class C, the converter is connected on the battery side of the disconnect, so the battery will charge even with the disconnect switch set to off but basically no 12V stuff in the RV will operate. (There are a couple of other things that are also not disconnected for various reasons.)
I don't really see any point in disconnecting the battery if you have AC power available and are using the converter; better to keep the battery connected and charged. Without AC power, it's of course essential to have the battery not disconnected to use any 12V power. The only times when it might be reasonable to disconnect are when storing for a relatively long period of time without AC power (in which case physically disconnecting the lead from the battery would probably be better) or when performing some sort of maintenance or repair on the electrical system (and, again, physically disconnecting the lead might be a better idea).
I don't really see any point in disconnecting the battery if you have AC power available and are using the converter; better to keep the battery connected and charged. Without AC power, it's of course essential to have the battery not disconnected to use any 12V power. The only times when it might be reasonable to disconnect are when storing for a relatively long period of time without AC power (in which case physically disconnecting the lead from the battery would probably be better) or when performing some sort of maintenance or repair on the electrical system (and, again, physically disconnecting the lead might be a better idea).
