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mleekamp
Explorer
Nov 29, 2018

Battery Tender on E450 Chassis? Shore Power does all?

We are not new to RV'ing (had various TT's for 20+ years), but are new to our new Class C w/ the Ford E450 chassis. We have it plugged in to shore power (I have a 30a RV plug on the side of the gar...
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rich85704
Explorer
Nov 29, 2018
I have a similar rig. I don’t think the shore power will maintain the starter battery up front, although it should take care of the house battery(s). I’m not 100% sure of this.

You might try an experiment: Put a meter on the starter battery... plug and unplug the shore power connection (or turn it on and off) and see if the meter changes.

Just a thought.

I use a very small dedicated solar panel connection to the starter battery via the cigarette lighter-style connector to maintain the starter battery.

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