Charging starting battery
I have a 2003 Sunova 30B and it stays plugged in over the winter. My house batteries are charged up but the starting battery is not charged off the 110 volt. I was thinking of adding a battery maintai...
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jerseyjim wrote:
However....MY experience with the gadget is that if you leave everything intact when NOT being on shore power, (storage, for instance) ALL the batteries drop after a month or two. No coach power...no engine start power. Then the jumper cables come into play.
There are typically parasitic drains on both batteries, and the Trik-L-Start has nothing to do with them. The engine side has the ECU, radio memory, etc. drawing on it at all times, and the coach batteries usually have one or more alarms, CO, LP, etc., drawing on them. These are very light current draws, but over time it all adds up. Even a disconnected battery looses its charge, albeit very slowly if it's in good shape.
