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CA_Traveler
Dec 22, 2016Explorer III
skipro3 wrote:
There is some really TERRIBLE advice on this thread.
First, your RV has a 12 volt CHARGER. It is NOT meant to run ANYTHING. It is meant to charge your batteries.
Incorrect. The charger supplies amps to the house loads first and any remaining amps will charge the battery as required. Only when the house amps exceed the charger capability is there draw from the batteries.
Your batteries run the 12 volt stuff. If you try to run your 12 volt stuff off your charger without batteries bad things can happen to the 12 volt stuff AND to the charger.
Depends upon the charger as some are designed to operate w/o the battery.
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