Battery Shut off and Storage Question.
Hi everyone. I store my trailer in the drive way. Therefor I can leave it hooked up to shore power 24/7. I have two 6v in series. I just got them yesterday and want to make the most of them. Sh...
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Sam Spade wrote:What do you think will be the response to your post? A lot of folks use storage without power available. They will be along shortly to correct you.spike99 wrote:
Not too sure about your boat and RVs but my boat and RVs have "parasitic draw".
Mine has a battery disconnect switch, which removes ALL of the parasitic draw. If it is AGM, the self discharge is negligible too.
Even if you don't have a switch, disconnecting one of the battery leads does the same thing.
It is OK to remove the batteries during a severe winter but in most cases it is NOT NECESSARY. And disconnecting them and lugging them around introduces other potential hazards that are not present if left alone.
Nobody's method is "wrong".....unless you neglect it completely.....so I don't understand repeated and continuing discussions where everybody feels obligated to defend their "method" implying that everybody else is wrong.
