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 don't take the risk with jumping or charging with the engine if I don't have to. I've blown alternators, way back when I had a Chevy and was helping out with other people's cars. If it can trash an alternator, I wouldn't want to know what it would do with the automotive electronics.
Instead, normally I keep my generator in the bed of my pickup, and have a rapid-start battery charger that can pump a couple hundred amps into a battery. 200 amp-hours do a good job starting most vehicles, no matter what the battery's condition. It takes a lot less gas running the generator than the battery, and I don't have to worry about car electronics frying.
Instead, normally I keep my generator in the bed of my pickup, and have a rapid-start battery charger that can pump a couple hundred amps into a battery. 200 amp-hours do a good job starting most vehicles, no matter what the battery's condition. It takes a lot less gas running the generator than the battery, and I don't have to worry about car electronics frying.
