TT battery
What is the best way to keep the TT battery charged when not on the road?? Plug it in like the boat, use a trickle charger??
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Lowsuv wrote:I thought leaving the charger on was a bad thing, too. Turns out that leaving a small amperage charger on your batteries is about the best care you can give them. I got this from Enersys battery data sheets and advice from this Forum.Tvov wrote:
I usually disconnect the battery between trips. About 3-4 days before we go on a trip I reconnect the battery, plug in the TT at our house, and the battery charges up (and we cool down the refrig).
Seems to work fine for us.
I agree .
Been doing this for over a decade .
A battery will freeze and crack during winter freezes if it is uncharged .
I disconnect my TT batteries fully charged after a trip .
We dry camp without hookups about 70 %
We connect the batteries and plug the TT into 120v at home while packing.
Charge them with the stock duramax alternator for the minimum couple of hours to our destination .
I think this method is less stress than leaving the batts on a trickle charger .
Now, I have solar so the batteries are maintained by the charge controller, it is programmable so I can set it for any amount of charge I wish.
