Charge Batteries by Idling Tow Vehicle?
This may be a dumb question, but since every tow vehicle has a generator which is connected to the batteries and they charge while driving, how about hooking up and charging at the campsite while idli...
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I wouldn't recommend it for a trailer battery charging through the 7 wire harness but for the class C motorhome bunch you can kind a make it work. But you need to put in some decent size wiring. We made a direct run of 2 or 4 gauge (can't remember) from the alternator on the V10 to the 2 AGM batteries in the coach. We also put a meter in line. When they are run down we will see charge rates north of 40 amps at idle, sometimes quite a bit north. A v10 is quieter than any generator I have ever heard, ANYWHERE. Fuel usage is around 1/2 gal an hour. Wear and tear, couldn't give a care. I bought it to use it. It already has over 150,000 K on it and a couple hundred hours idling probably won't hurt it. Beats hauling around a generator and fuel, neither which I have room for.
Having said that we have around 400 watts of solar on the roof, which works great until you have endless days of rain.
Too each his own.
Having said that we have around 400 watts of solar on the roof, which works great until you have endless days of rain.
Too each his own.
