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Buckshot_Bill
Explorer
Sep 13, 2014

Winter solar battery charging when you can't add water?

We have a solar panel on the roof of our travel trailer that keeps our two 6 volt batteries charged when we're boondocking. This winter we're leaving the trailer in an RV park in the mountains at 6...
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CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Sep 13, 2014
smkettner wrote:
I would leave them on solar. No water should be needed for at least six months.
I conditionally agree. If the OP is referring to lower winter snow area (he lists Meza, AZ in his profile) then leave the batteries connected to solar.

Second condition is that ALL RV loads/wiring are fully disconnected from the batteries.

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