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01-10-2018, 04:43 AM
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30 amp power
good morning question if I removed my battery for the winter and plug in my trailer to a 30 amp service should I have full power to all accessories or does the battery have to be installed and fully charged?
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01-10-2018, 06:20 AM
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Shore power hits your converter and feeds all 12v, battery tie in to a 12v is just like a second battery for a diesel, more amps for the device to use. You should be good to go.
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01-10-2018, 06:32 AM
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Good chance your power tongue jack won't work... Mine didn't as it needed a closed 12v circuit (I think). I never checked my other 12v plug ins or the power stabilizers so I'm not sure it was required for those.
If you're keeping it plugged in - why remove the battery as it'll stay fully charged?
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01-10-2018, 07:17 AM
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When I leave my units plugged in I always check the battery fluids on a regular basis to make sure the Converter System is not boiling out the fluids...
I sometimes switch out my batteries but very seldom remove them - just leave them sitting on the trailer tongue disconnected. If I see the batteries drop down below 12.5VDC when sitting then I switch them back 'ON' to the trailer converter setup. I have never had my batteries freeze-up sitting outside switched 'OFF' (disconnected) on my trailer tongue.
You read alot of folks rewiring their batteries backwards after removing them for the off season... I marked all of my POSITIVE 12V battery connections with RED FINGERNAIL Polish. Some folks like to take a photo of their battery connections with their cell phone and keep it handy stored on the cell phone.
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01-10-2018, 07:25 AM
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Dusty, if you do remove the battery and keep your electric going, I would separate/isolate both cable ends coming out of the camper that feeds power to/from the battery. I would then wrap those ends with electric tape or some other insulating material.
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01-10-2018, 07:33 AM
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Our battery has been removed for the winter and our storage facility has no power to plug in the camper. If I need power I take my Champion 2000w inverter generator down and plug it in with an adapter. Everything works just fine except the A/C [not enough amps from generator] so you should be good to go while plugged into 30 amp w/o a battery as the converter takes AC and feeds the DC.
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01-10-2018, 07:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John from Central Florida
Dusty, if you do remove the battery and keep your electric going, I would separate/isolate both cable ends coming out of the camper that feeds power to/from the battery. I would then wrap those ends with electric tape or some other insulating material.
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Excellent point. Something about grounding a battery cable while hooked up to 30 amp w/o a battery could cause converter damage, I think.
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01-10-2018, 05:30 PM
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when I brought it home from the dealer I didn't plug it in right away and the battery died so I took the battery inside ( was very cold out) to charge but it won't hold a charge so I haven't put it back.
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01-10-2018, 06:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John from Central Florida
Dusty, if you do remove the battery and keep your electric going, I would separate/isolate both cable ends coming out of the camper that feeds power to/from the battery. I would then wrap those ends with electric tape or some other insulating material.
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X3!
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01-11-2018, 01:15 PM
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I noticed after a month of sitting my single 12v batt. is dead. Charged the batt. and noticed that the only thing I could find that may have drained the batt. was the stereo was lit but not on? Could this be what caused my batt. to drain? This has happened every time I leave my batt. hooked up and left sitting for a period of time. The batt. checks good under a load test. Now I disconnect the batt. when not in use. I have been thinking about adding a quick batt. disconnect switch. Anyone else have this problem?
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01-11-2018, 01:21 PM
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Your CO detector also consumes electric when the battery is connected.
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01-11-2018, 01:49 PM
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love my battery quick disconnect switch! sure easy! keeps those "unseen draws" from killing the batteries. I also put a small solar charger on the batteries to keep them from trickling down while camper sits. so far so good!
this is my first year to have a camper, and first winter to get through, so will see if it continues to work.
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01-11-2018, 05:29 PM
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Thanks 33, I never even thought about that. How much draw would the two take? I guess I could add off/on rocker switches on both of them so I don't have to disconnect my batt.
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01-11-2018, 05:55 PM
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The CO detector and any other 12v parasitic draws will drain a fully charged battery in 10 days or less. Battery cutoff switches are a simple install and eliminate all parasitic draw. Here's how I mounted mine.
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01-11-2018, 06:38 PM
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Thanks TC. Looks like the exact switch I used in my 72 Duster. Looks pretty straight foreword.
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01-11-2018, 07:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 33 RLDS
Your CO detector also consumes electric when the battery is connected.
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Couldn't you just remove the 30 amp fuse instead of disconnecting the battery to prevent the draw?
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