Sweet deal on batteries
I was in Costco today, and saw they had their marine/deep cycle batteries on for about half price as it is the end of the RV season here in Canada. I have two costco group 24s that I run in parall...
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I'm pretty sure my RV is just equipped with the basic high/low charger for the batteries. I rarely let them get deeply discharged, in fact I was worried that they were overcharged as I often (between trips) leave the RV plugged into shore power while at home for a few weeks at a time, then it gets connected to the truck and charges while on the road by the truck's charging system, then we arrive at the CG and plug into shore power, etc.
When boondocking is about the only time they get much discharge at all, and even then, I run the genny an hour or so most days for other uses (microwave etc) and they get a top up then.
Recently though, they went completely dead while the RV sat in my driveway just due to parasitic loss while parked. I didn't plug into shore power and both batteries were flat next time I entered the RV. That was about 18 days of sitting with no load other than the parasitic draws.
Gotta get me a disconnect switch :)
When boondocking is about the only time they get much discharge at all, and even then, I run the genny an hour or so most days for other uses (microwave etc) and they get a top up then.
Recently though, they went completely dead while the RV sat in my driveway just due to parasitic loss while parked. I didn't plug into shore power and both batteries were flat next time I entered the RV. That was about 18 days of sitting with no load other than the parasitic draws.
Gotta get me a disconnect switch :)
