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docsouce
Explorer II
Oct 18, 2018

Leaving the house batteries in the chassis for the winter

I went through the search list and my owners manual but couldn't fine an answer. If I leave the RV plugged into the shore power shouldn't this keep the batteries fully charged for the winter? The powe...
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docsouce
Explorer II
Oct 19, 2018
It is a WFCO WF-8955 PEC. I finally found an owners manual on line and it shows that if the unit is plugged in to shore power and no load is detected it will switch to Float mode which will charge the battery with a trickle voltage of 13.2 volts. When the converter senses a demand it will switchback to absorption mode. The manly shows one of The 3 operation modes as "float mode/trickle charge during storage.
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