Any harm in leaving the TT plugged in all the time??

We have two trailers here plugged into our 15A/20A separate circuit garage 120VAC connections using 50-foot 10-3 HD extension cords and RV Shore Power Adapters. Great to have them up and running all the time. The 5th wheel is a getaway for us and we use the fridge and extra cook stove etc when needed... Grandkids have lots of fun spending the nights in it... Nice getaway in the back yard sometimes to watch some ball games..

The OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer is a on-going project thing and always experimenting with something associated with camping off the power grid...

The only time the big trailer gets expensive is running our oil filled electric heaters in the winter time. Other than that no big deal running the two trailers all the time.

One drawback you may have is always charging your battery without having a smart mode charger going. The constant 13.6VDC is right on the edge of boiling out your battery fluids when being always on charge. If you are not going to swap out the older converter than you will need to start a weekly schedule to check your battery fluids. When the batteries run low on fluids they will have an internal cell short occur which will require you to replace the battery.

I also like the idea of having back-up power available here when the commercial power goes out on us here. Can survive very well running my beefed up off-road POPUP camper giving us 120VAC for the house home comfort items when we lose county power for extended times.

Have enough batteries on-board to run all the things we want to have on through the one day/night run and then can re-charge the batteries the next morning using smart mode charging technology from running the POPUP trailer from the 2KW Honda Generator...

That alone makes it worthwhile for us...

Roy Ken

Minimal electricity and no harm as long as you have a 3 stage converter that will but the batts into the "float" stag once fully charged.

The only time mine is not plug in(shop, campground, generator,) is when going down the road.



C.B.

Nope. Just check your battery every now and then and make sure the cell are covered.

Think of it this way. People that full time in rv's have it plugged in all the time. Nothing to be worried about

The electric usage is minimal while not in use.
I would leave it plugged in to keep the battery charged.

I would let it plugged in! I have always done that an so far no refrigerator trouble.Do keep trailer level when plugged i as running it not level is not recomended.As for cost of electric it is my opinion running it is cheaper an also no need to remove all food.