I just found a storage place that not only has covered storage (metal roof/exposed sides), but it also has 30 and 50 amp shore power.In the past, I've had our TT stored in the open with no connectionsBetter to have it connected to shore power when stored between uses/trips? or better to have everything (including the battery) disconnected?Thanks for your thoughts

My 5er alway plugged into 20 amp power any time in covered storage to keep battery charged. And to have power if I needed to do any kind of work or cleaning.

I like mine connected, while in storage, mainly to keep batteries up; though I have managed a couple months of non-use by disconnecting batteries.

Summer storage? Keeping it charged and ready for trips? Using it more than once or twice a year? Plug it in.Winter storage? Using the camper only once or twice a year? Take the battery home and put it somewhere cool and dry, on a maintainer. Don't pay the storage facilities' inflated power charge.

I disconnect and shut everything down between trips, unless it will only be a week or two before the next trip. I disconnect the battery when not using the TT. I usually reconnect shore power about 3 days before a trip, and that is enough to get the battery charged up and the frig cooled down and filled up. I know people who leave everything hooked up all the time, and it works fine for them. I think it is whatever you want to do.

Is it better to be hooked to short power in storage? or not?

Bionic_Man
Explorer
Jun 14, 2023
Add me to the list of always plugged in. We turn our fridge on in April/May, load it, and leave it on into October.
debrhardt
Explorer II
Jun 14, 2023
some people must have cheap electricity. wish i did.
Huntindog
Explorer
May 31, 2023
It depends on your converter and your climate.
If you have the notorious WFCO converter that doesn't like to change modes and are in a hot climate, you will likely fry the batteries.I am in Phoenix, and that was my experience. My WFCO was stucck at 13.6, and that was too high here. I changed the converter to a Boondocker, and it worked fine. Some people in cooler climates have reported that the WFCO works fine for them.
FWIW, I have a collectible car in my garage that rarely gets driven.I have a battery tender brand charger on it. That works fine. That battery lasts more than 10 years. The cheaper tenders do not work as well.
BarabooBob
Explorer III
May 24, 2023
Up here in the great white north, I leave my TT plugged in year round. We use thee TT for deer hunting in November and December plus all summer long. I like having it ready to go on short notice and don't like playing with the batteries. I did replace my WFCO converter with a PD smart charger when I bought the unit.

I also like to go sit in the camper during the winter when I get tired of winter. I turn on the furnace and let my mind go camping. One time I forgot to turn off the furnace and emptied both 20 pound lp tanks out in a couple of days.
trailernovice
Explorer
May 23, 2023
Thanks for the input.

FWIW there's no 'winter storage' here....on the very southern tip of Texas....gets below freezing, barely, for maybe two nights in one year out of ten or more
shum02
Explorer
May 23, 2023
Disconnect the batteries. Fully charged and fluid topped up they'll last for months with no ill effects.

What ever works for you.
Grit_dog
Navigator
May 23, 2023
pianotuna wrote:
It depends.

What he said.
BarneyS
Explorer III
May 23, 2023
Our trailer also has been plugged in 24/7/365 for almost 20 years. It all depends on your converter and whether it is a "smart" converter or not. We have a Progressive Dynamics Inteli-power converter with a Charge Wizard.
This maintains the battery well and will not allow it to overcharge. Water loss is minimal. I usually check it once a year.
Barney
Latner
Nomad
May 23, 2023
Lantley wrote:
I have kept my RV's plugged in 24/7/365 for 20 plus years with no ill efects

X2
StirCrazy
Moderator
May 23, 2023
depends on the stock converter in it and the batteries. with my 6V batteries and upgraded converter I leave mine plugged in whenever I am not camping, and I check the water level in the batteries 4 times a year to make sure nothing is going wrong.