Living in the SW I use my camper all year long...although its rained three days straight in "Lost Wages" while dumping 20 plus inches of snow on Mt Charleston. Anyway....During times the campers not loaded for a camping excursion it sits on my homemade camper jacks plugged into shore power. The question I always contemplate is, "do I leave shore power connected to trickle charge the batteries or leave shore power disconnected and turn the battery disconnect off until prepping for the next trip? What do you all do?

Stay plugged in in storage?Stay plugged in roast batteries?disconnect? Oct 2013

We have a class A that we use most weekends and some extended trips, so when it is in storage I do not plug in and use the battery disconnect when it is parked.

Mine is plugged 24/7/365. Fridge on too.

Seven years, plugged in and fridge on.

I stay plugged in during my non-use time. My convertor seems to keep the batteries at just the right level. I prep my fridge 24 hours prior to leaving, along with filling the water tank.I use bottled water while it is sitting and I use potable antifreeze to flush the toilet, as I use it for a quiet room to do some work when the grandkids have been over for to long. Been doing this for many years with different campers types.

Between trips -- Semi Storage...Shore power connected?

time2roll
Nomad
Nov 24, 2013
Plug it in with switch on. For best answers post the converter model.
Photog101
Explorer
Nov 24, 2013
I stay plugged in during my non-use time. My convertor seems to keep the batteries at just the right level.
I prep my fridge 24 hours prior to leaving, along with filling the water tank.

I use bottled water while it is sitting and I use potable antifreeze to flush the toilet, as I use it for a quiet room to do some work when the grandkids have been over for to long. Been doing this for many years with different campers types.
narcodog
Explorer II
Nov 24, 2013
Seven years, plugged in and fridge on.
SolidAxleDurang
Explorer II
Nov 24, 2013
Mine is plugged 24/7/365. Fridge on too.
Ka_Ron
Explorer
Nov 24, 2013
We have a class A that we use most weekends and some extended trips, so when it is in storage I do not plug in and use the battery disconnect when it is parked.
2oldman
Explorer II
Nov 24, 2013
Stay plugged in in storage?
Stay plugged in roast batteries?
disconnect? Oct 2013

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