Battery questions for a newbie?
I apologize beforehand for my beginner or dumb questions. I have a 2014 TT that I purchased last year. It came from the dealer with an Interstate battery..model SRM-24. Now I admit that I never ever d...
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Reading your post, first though was, you need a true deep cycle battery. They are designed for long-sustained usage, not for a strong burst of power to turn over an engine.
Second, your converter in your camper charges your battery. Everything in your camper that is 12 volt runs off the battery.
You can run everything off your converter (if you unhook your battery), but the draw on the converter will be noticeable. You'll hear the converter wine louder and louder with each item you turn on. But it's designed to charge the battery and then the battery runs everything.
My manual says to run the slides only with a fully charged battery, irregardless if plugged into shore power or not. I've never tried unhooking the battery to see if the converter actually has enough "umph" to move the slides on it's own. (I kind of don't thing so.)
Now, if your battery is weak or beginning to fail, the 12 volt items in your camper will run off the battery, and just like putting an other battery charger on a battery if it is weak, while it is attached to the charger, everything will run better when attached to the charger. As soon as you turn of the charger, you loose power because the failing battery unable to hold a charge.
The converter in your camper is designed to run 24x7, and will continue to charge and trickle charge and turn off depending upon the demand of your battery.
Clear as mud, but I think you need a different battery and that will solve your problem.
Second, your converter in your camper charges your battery. Everything in your camper that is 12 volt runs off the battery.
You can run everything off your converter (if you unhook your battery), but the draw on the converter will be noticeable. You'll hear the converter wine louder and louder with each item you turn on. But it's designed to charge the battery and then the battery runs everything.
My manual says to run the slides only with a fully charged battery, irregardless if plugged into shore power or not. I've never tried unhooking the battery to see if the converter actually has enough "umph" to move the slides on it's own. (I kind of don't thing so.)
Now, if your battery is weak or beginning to fail, the 12 volt items in your camper will run off the battery, and just like putting an other battery charger on a battery if it is weak, while it is attached to the charger, everything will run better when attached to the charger. As soon as you turn of the charger, you loose power because the failing battery unable to hold a charge.
The converter in your camper is designed to run 24x7, and will continue to charge and trickle charge and turn off depending upon the demand of your battery.
Clear as mud, but I think you need a different battery and that will solve your problem.
