Solar Float and Shore Power Float?
Been a few threads on this, but I never had the "issue" until now, so I am not too clear on just what is at stake here. On shore power Floating the batts at 13.8 (or whatever temp comp adjustment c...
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BF,
What Mex says above is right on.
Maybe what you're really asking is "can multiple RV battery charging sources be hooked up in parallel and used at the same time?".
Well .... many of us do some form of it to increase RV battery charging rates and reduce charging times:
1. Stock converter along with a portable charger.
2. Stock converter along with a permanently mounted after-market charger.
3. Stock converter or permanently mounted after-market charger along with the engine alternator.
4. Any combination of the above along with a wind generator.
In fact ... years ago either you or Pianotuna gave me the idea to use a portable charger in parallel with my stock converter. I set the portable charger to it's 50 amp engine starting mode and temporarily hook it up in parallel with the converter. This has worked like a champ for us to speed up RV battery charging ... and after years of doing this the converter, the charger, and the batteries have not been adversely affected. (But my batteries have always been AGM when doing this, so there's no water to be boiled off after the batteries become fully charged.)
What Mex says above is right on.
Maybe what you're really asking is "can multiple RV battery charging sources be hooked up in parallel and used at the same time?".
Well .... many of us do some form of it to increase RV battery charging rates and reduce charging times:
1. Stock converter along with a portable charger.
2. Stock converter along with a permanently mounted after-market charger.
3. Stock converter or permanently mounted after-market charger along with the engine alternator.
4. Any combination of the above along with a wind generator.
In fact ... years ago either you or Pianotuna gave me the idea to use a portable charger in parallel with my stock converter. I set the portable charger to it's 50 amp engine starting mode and temporarily hook it up in parallel with the converter. This has worked like a champ for us to speed up RV battery charging ... and after years of doing this the converter, the charger, and the batteries have not been adversely affected. (But my batteries have always been AGM when doing this, so there's no water to be boiled off after the batteries become fully charged.)
