Land line charging...how long?
New to RVing, wondering for long term parking is it ok to leave the land line plugged into our house for charging or should I only plug it in periodically to top up the batteries.
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I have the "working' smart mode converter/charger on shore power all the time when parked. It does just fine keeping the batteries up... My older converter/charge was one of those single mode 13.6VDC chargers and it worked too well and sometimes would boil out fluids.. I had to keep a real close watch on my batteries when I was using that one... Lost one 12V battery to being over charged then I started checking them on a scheduled basis from then on.
If I completely remove or switch out the cables my batteries will make it through the winter months just fine but I like to keep a few things running all the time as we use our two trailers all the time when parked for something... I still would keep an eye on them and when they dropped to around 12.4-5VDC then I would turn on a trickle charge and continue to watch them...
My original battery bank installed in 2008 just started to drop performance big time last season. Just now working on a new battery setup... These original GP24 12V Interstate batteries got a big work out going from the 50% to 90% charge state camping off grid... I sure got my monies wroth out of them for sure... I started out with four of them and lost one in a few months for boiling out the fluids and after that all has been great with me watching them on a scheduled basis and using a smart mode charging setup.
Roy Ken
If I completely remove or switch out the cables my batteries will make it through the winter months just fine but I like to keep a few things running all the time as we use our two trailers all the time when parked for something... I still would keep an eye on them and when they dropped to around 12.4-5VDC then I would turn on a trickle charge and continue to watch them...
My original battery bank installed in 2008 just started to drop performance big time last season. Just now working on a new battery setup... These original GP24 12V Interstate batteries got a big work out going from the 50% to 90% charge state camping off grid... I sure got my monies wroth out of them for sure... I started out with four of them and lost one in a few months for boiling out the fluids and after that all has been great with me watching them on a scheduled basis and using a smart mode charging setup.
Roy Ken
