Any harm in leaving the TT plugged in all the time??

[richamor]

The wife and I are in "conversation" about this. I want to leave the trailer plugged in at home all of the time. That way the fridge can run, I can run the AC when wanted/needed and it spares the batteries.

The wife says it's a waste of electricity and we should only plug it in when needed and the fridge can run on propane.

[mhardin]

Mine has been plugged in for about 12 years now. It is only unplugged when on the road. I boiled out a couple of batteries until I discovered an attachment to my converter to make it a 3 stage converter. Fridge is always on and takes overflow from the house, especially during holidays.

Mike

[93Cobra2771]

I keep plugged in, but fridge is not running. No use running it with nothing in it. A few days prior to a camping trip I'll turn the fridge on.

[korbe]

Ours is plugged in right now in our driveway. the frig is off and the batteries are switched off. This winter, when we're done campin' I'll disconnect shore power too.

[2112]

I have mine plugged in, fridge running on AC with beer, soft drinks, ice, condiments etc in it year round. It's my man cave next to the garage. I was out there cooking yesterday so not to heat up the house.

I have boiled out a battery on an old style converter years ago so I turn off the battery disconnect now. Turn it on Saturday morning to charge and turn it back off Sunday evening. I have been doing this since 1998.

[Bmach]

I'm in the if not using it why run it camp. To me it is unnecessary wear and tear.

[kgarrett9999]

I leave mine plugged in all the time. Electricity is much cheaper than running the fridge on propane plus I keep the TT at a reasonable temp in the Texas heat. I don't empty my pantry between trips and most foods keep better at lower temps.
Matter of fact, I just installed a 50 amp service in my garage for the TT and run the power cord under the garage door. Cost me about $40 in parts and an hour of my time.

[RoyB]

We have two trailers here plugged into our 15A/20A separate circuit garage 120VAC connections using 50-foot 10-3 HD extension cords and RV Shore Power Adapters. Great to have them up and running all the time. The 5th wheel is a getaway for us and we use the fridge and extra cook stove etc when needed... Grandkids have lots of fun spending the nights in it... Nice getaway in the back yard sometimes to watch some ball games..

The OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer is a on-going project thing and always experimenting with something associated with camping off the power grid...

The only time the big trailer gets expensive is running our oil filled electric heaters in the winter time. Other than that no big deal running the two trailers all the time.

One drawback you may have is always charging your battery without having a smart mode charger going. The constant 13.6VDC is right on the edge of boiling out your battery fluids when being always on charge. If you are not going to swap out the older converter than you will need to start a weekly schedule to check your battery fluids. When the batteries run low on fluids they will have an internal cell short occur which will require you to replace the battery.

I also like the idea of having back-up power available here when the commercial power goes out on us here. Can survive very well running my beefed up off-road POPUP camper giving us 120VAC for the house home comfort items when we lose county power for extended times.

Have enough batteries on-board to run all the things we want to have on through the one day/night run and then can re-charge the batteries the next morning using smart mode charging technology from running the POPUP trailer from the 2KW Honda Generator...

That alone makes it worthwhile for us...

Roy Ken

[2oldman]

Stay plugged in in storage?
Stay plugged in roast batteries?
disconnect? Oct 2013
Stay plugged in Mar 2014
Stay plugged in Jun 2014

[downtheroad]

Minimal electricity and no harm as long as you have a 3 stage converter that will but the batts into the "float" stag once fully charged.

[C_B_]

The only time mine is not plug in(shop, campground, generator,) is when going down the road.



C.B.

[DutchmenSport]

Nope. Just check your battery every now and then and make sure the cell are covered.

[bnk190]

Think of it this way. People that full time in rv's have it plugged in all the time. Nothing to be worried about

[Mandalay_Parr]

The electric usage is minimal while not in use.
I would leave it plugged in to keep the battery charged.

[charlie_good_ti]

I would let it plugged in! I have always done that an so far no refrigerator trouble.Do keep trailer level when plugged i as running it not level is not recomended.As for cost of electric it is my opinion running it is cheaper an also no need to remove all food.