Frige/Battery Burnout Question

I appreciate the answers and will try to identify my TT's converter this afternoon when I get home and also pull the battery and see what Jayco gave me.

cekkk wrote:
I don't know what type of converter our 2011 Eagle has.

Well... That is the deciding factor.. however that said the key word in your sentence is a number 2011.

Back in days of old when folks were bold many low end (And even some better) RV's had a converter made by Magnatek, it was bulit into the power distribution panel and it was a model 6300,, If you have this it will be on the door to the fuse/breaker box.

Today, you are more likely to have a parallex 7300 in those rigs.

The 6300 had very poor regulation, it was a very SLOW charger and it had no idea of when to quit so it developed a well deserved reputation as a battery killer.

The 7300 is better, The 7300T is better still and it is the MINIMUM acceptable converter in my opinion.

The Progressive Dynamics 9200 (And a long list of others) are the other end of the chart... Better than those 3-stage + smart converters it simply does not get. If you have one of the top end jobs... By all means leave it plugged in.


Another consideration is what kind of battery do youhave

GC-2 (Golf car six volt, pairs) In series, are Flooded wet cells, You check them at least once a month (Till you figure them out) and add DISTILLED water as needed.. Proper level is over the top of the plates and BELOW the bottom of the filler tube.

Maintenance Free (Usually Marine/Deep Cycle) you can not add water to, You might consider upgrading to a true DEEP CYCLE like the GC-2 pairs.

AGM. You can get True Deep Cycle AGM, they too are maintenance free, they are also expensive.

Yes the refer needs a source of 12 volts in order to run, even on 110 V AC. The12 volts operates the control board. By having your RV plugged into the shore power the convertor is charging the house battery that supplies the 12 volts to the refer, it also charges the battery/ies so what you need to do is keep a good watch on the water level in the battery about once a month. The convertor should not do any damage to the battery as long as it does not boil all the water out of the battery and you keep the water level up. You might want to check what brand convertor you have and if it is indeed a 3 stage charging convertor as stated in many above posts.

Lets see I have mine pluged in for 6 months every winter. I do not think it will work if not pluged in.

double post?

I agree that with your trailer being a 2011 it probably has a 3 stage converter. It is still a good idea to check your battery water level at least once a month.

Find out what kind ...make and model your converter is.
Being that your rig is a 2011, it is probably a 3 stage model..Thus it has a 'float' stage that will maintain your batteries when fully charged without damaging them.

But verify this to be safe.

Refrigerator has nothing to do with battery when running on shore power.