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Old_Days
Explorer II
Apr 12, 2015

Exterior charging port

I have been looking for the outlet that is outside on a lot of new campers to charge the battery. My battery is under the dinette seat in a vented battery box so getting at it is not fun. Does anyone know a website to buy such a thing. Thank you.
  • I went to youtube and watched a video on the new Palomino 6601 TC. They have what I am looking for,it can be used to hook up a portable solar system or put a battery charger on it. They called it a charging dock.
  • skipro3 wrote:
    New campers have a built in charger for the batteries that run off AC Mains. So, you just plug the camper into AC house power and the charger converts that to DC and charges the batteries.

    I do not know of any NEW camper that has a separate DC cord that would be used just to charge the camper batteries.

    However, if you want to purchase a set-up so you can hook outside DC to your batteries to charge them up, that is possible. I don't know of any website that would offer such a package though. You most likely would need to design and buy each component to put together.

    That's not to say what you are eluding to is true; that there are products that will do exactly what you are saying; that is, to charge your battery by plugging in from outside the camper via a DC or even AC source.

    I hope someone else is able to offer more useful info for you! Cheers!


    I just want to add; the only exception that I can think of is that the cord that hooks the camper to the truck usually provides DC power from the truck to charge your batteries in the camper. You might be able to use that cord to charge your batteries when off the truck from a DC source I suppose.
  • New campers have a built in charger for the batteries that run off AC Mains. So, you just plug the camper into AC house power and the charger converts that to DC and charges the batteries.

    I do not know of any NEW camper that has a separate DC cord that would be used just to charge the camper batteries.

    However, if you want to purchase a set-up so you can hook outside DC to your batteries to charge them up, that is possible. I don't know of any website that would offer such a package though. You most likely would need to design and buy each component to put together.

    That's not to say what you are eluding to is true; that there are products that will do exactly what you are saying; that is, to charge your battery by plugging in from outside the camper via a DC or even AC source.

    I hope someone else is able to offer more useful info for you! Cheers!