Sam Spade wrote:
WDE wrote:
So I made the conscious decision to put a 3 mode charger on the coach battery to preserve it when needed.
There is nothing in the manual for the converter that indicates it must have a battery load to funtion properly.
But, I will defer to you learned gentlemen as to what is proper.
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It is good that you approached this problem logically but you missed one critical piece of information when arriving at your final conclusion:
A 3 or 4 stage converter is designed SPECIFICALLY to be connected to a battery all the time and to keep it at (or very near to) the proper charge point for optimum life.
NOT keeping the battery connected completely defeats the main advantage of changing the controller......because it leaves you at the mercy of your feeble brain forgetting to connect it often enough. [emoticon]
Assuming that you have a decent 3 stage converter now, just connect it and forget it......except for checking the water level every 3 months or so. You will be glad that you did.
Hey Sam my boy, you don't read so good!....never saw anything said about 3 stage converter...OP said he put 3 stage CHARGER on his battery when its disconnected
