Battery Storage between trips
I'm hoping that someone can tell me the best way to store batteries between trips. Do I take them out after every trip....or disconnect the batteries? 3-4 weeks at a time
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elroseo wrote:
All you really need to do is get a battery disconnect switch if you don't have one and disconnect all power draws between trips (so install the disconnect right at the battery so you have no parasitic power drasws - just like removing the cable from the battery). Then turn the switch on and plug it in a day before the next use and you'll be good to go. Turn the switch off again when you get back home and into storage; rinse and repeat.
Maybe I should of added the fact that I have dual batteries....if I added solar would it charge both?.....I have a Furrion plug in frontelroseo wrote:
Maybe I should of added the fact that I have dual batteries....if I added solar would it charge both?.....I have a Furrion plug in front
Yes it will. They are wired in parallel. Which gives you 12V but double the amp hours.- I'm probably guilty of overkill, but when we get home, I take my batteries out of the trailer and put them in the garage and hook up to a BatteryMinder Plus. We tend to take a trip every six weeks or so throughout the year.
Supposedly, the BatteryMinder Plus keeps the batteries in top condition. Don't know if that's really true, but it's what I've done for the last ten years or so. - Maybe I should of added the fact that I have dual batteries....if I added solar would it charge both?.....I have a Furrion plug in front
- My trailer sits in its shed with power so I disconnect battery and every 2-3 weeks and plug the charger in. I'm in and out of the shed daily so no problems for me to use it this way.
StirCrazy wrote:
upgrade the converter section to a good quality 4 stage charger and leave it plugged in. my 6V batterys are 15 years old, and just starting to show there age now, and I have left it plugged in year round when its not in use.
Steve
Some may want to disconnect from the power grid to eliminate the risks of power failure, converter failure and voltage spikes from lightning.- upgrade the converter section to a good quality 4 stage charger and leave it plugged in. my 6V batterys are 15 years old, and just starting to show there age now, and I have left it plugged in year round when its not in use.
Steve - All the calls for a trickle charger, I simply installed a total disconnect switch on our 5er. It could sit for 2 or more months, and I could still run the slides out and in.
- I use a disconnect switch and a 100w panel on the roof to keep them topped off
- A disconnect switch would be the right option to disconnect !!
