Truck charge camper battery?
I tried a search on this but I didn't come up with anything, maybe wrong search words :) Anyway, for the past couple of years my fridge protocol has been to plug into shore power the night before we l...
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It would depend on the capacity of the truck's alternator. Unlike other camper brands, your Lance camper has a factory supplied proprietary heavy duty power supply wire built into the umbilical cord to the truck. The purpose of the thicker DC power supply wire is to keep the camper battery charged while driving.
That said, I don't know the answer to your question. . .there are too many variables (such as 'is your truck equipped with dual alternators?').
However, the fridge running on DC power is a power hog. It pulls DC power like crazy. I have doubts as to the ability of the truck generator to supply enough power to actually charge the camper battery while driving.
My suspicion is that the truck alternator is more of a "life support" for the camper battery while it dies a slow death from the Fridge power drain.
If you forget to switch to propane at your destination arrival, your camper battery will be dead in a very short time.
(edited for electrical power generation source)
That said, I don't know the answer to your question. . .there are too many variables (such as 'is your truck equipped with dual alternators?').
However, the fridge running on DC power is a power hog. It pulls DC power like crazy. I have doubts as to the ability of the truck generator to supply enough power to actually charge the camper battery while driving.
My suspicion is that the truck alternator is more of a "life support" for the camper battery while it dies a slow death from the Fridge power drain.
If you forget to switch to propane at your destination arrival, your camper battery will be dead in a very short time.
(edited for electrical power generation source)
