Battery Charging and Management
First off, let me thank all of you that have been posting to this board through the years. We just purchased our first TT (Lance 2185) and picked it up last weekend. I have been reading your previou...
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I am planning to use the generator only when boondocking, but I want to be able to recharge the batteries at a quick pace, and from what I understand, it is much quicker to charge them directly, then it is to charge them if I plugged the generator through the TT power input. At home, I do have a pretty good lower amp tender that I use for my motorcycle, and it had various modes for other batteries. Thanks for the advice to just keep them on there in parallel while at home.
Beemerphile, you are right, 12v in parallel is still 12v. I guess that there is no way to charge them in serial on the TT while still running them in parallel, is there? Being that the case, are there suggestions for higher amperage 12v chargers that I should consider using while boondocking, or do I just take the home charger with me?
Thank you for your counsel. There is so much to learn still.
Beemerphile, you are right, 12v in parallel is still 12v. I guess that there is no way to charge them in serial on the TT while still running them in parallel, is there? Being that the case, are there suggestions for higher amperage 12v chargers that I should consider using while boondocking, or do I just take the home charger with me?
Thank you for your counsel. There is so much to learn still.
