will mh chargers fry the batteries?
i have heard that if i leave the MH connected to shore power while in storage it will kill the deep cycle batteries. what i am considering doing is using the CTEK charger to keep the starter battery ...
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theoldwizard1 wrote:This is inaccurate. I have batteries that are 10+ yrs old that have been on float chargers continuously. Any lead acid battery is maintained better with constant power than intermittent or none.
No lead acid battery of any kind likes to be left on a battery charger/maintainer CONTINUOUSLY, week after week. Probably not easy to do in you MH, but if have the batteries connected to maintainer that is NOT hardwired into the coach, plug it into a cheap mechanical lamp timer set to run for about an hour a day.
The trick is to have a power source that delivers current and voltage in acceptable levels. The two battery banks in my RV are charged every day by solar. I have a temp compensated controller that is programmable.
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