Leaving the fifth wheel plugged in
Is there a reason to leave your fifth wheel plugged in when you're not using it?
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- Not sure there is a "technical" reason to do so. We leave our Alpenlite plugged in year round. It is stored at home. I like to go out and tinker with things and it is much more convenient to have power. It also helps keep the batteries charged. I do shut off the refer if the rig sits more than a few weeks. I have also been known to run a small electric heater during the very cold spells we can have just to make me feel better.
- As noted, it keeps the batteries charged. For us, we have solar and when it's sunny on a regular basis, we unplug it.
- So your batteries don’t run all the way down.
- Ours is left plugged in all summer long. Keeps the batteries up and the fridge cold. It's always ready for a last minute change of plans to get out of town. I sometimes go out there to watch tv or tinker with something.
- Mines plugged in 24/7/365 unless I forget for a day after returning home from a trip. Never had any battery issues.
- I don't have systems plugged in when not needed. I even have my fifth wheel in the pole barn with a 30amp plug by it.
I do disconnect the battery and keep a battery tender on it. Dave H M wrote:
Same here except I don't have a 30 amp plug where I store it.
I don't have systems plugged in when not needed. I even have my fifth wheel in the pole barn with a 30amp plug by it.
I do disconnect the battery and keep a battery tender on it.- Ours is in a storage lot, so keeping it plugged in is not in the question but we do have a solar battery charger hooked up to keep the battery up. Good Luck and Happy Camping !!
- Mine is at my house and plugged in. During the season I keep a/c set to 90, refer on with groceries in it and I am constantly in it tinkering, snoozing, boozing or what ever else I may find to do in it.
Mine goes to the farm in October and is set up as hunting camp, where it also stays plugged in and heated to 40* with refer and groceries till the 1st of the year.
It then comes home and is completely winterized and shut down...yet still plugged in. - Ok but if you turn the kill switch off, the batteries won't run down will they? Thank you all for your answers.
