charging batteries with truck
Several years ago when the fifth wheel that I had at the time only had room for one battery, I carried 2 more in the back of my truck. I used 2 sets of good jumper cables with ring terminals on one en...
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pinesman wrote:
I got to thinking about using those same cables to charge my batteries using the truck. I would not be using it for hours to run everything but just a little while to top off the batteries in the trailer.
theoldwizard1 wrote:
Modern vehicle (after about 2000) charging system work TOTALLY DIFFERENT than the past. They drop the voltage down to about 13.2V within a few minutes of starting. That is much TOO LOW to charge such a large battery bank !
The solution being a DC > DC charger, one example being the CTEK 250SA. :B
