When you are heading out into the middle of nowhere you want to make sure that you actually get there.
Rv battery draining on shore power.
However many chargers provide a constant charge that can deplete the water level in the battery.
Begin by making sure the shoreline cord is unplugged and that all 12 volt components are turned off.
Alternatively the battery could be taken out and charged with a 12 volt battery charger inside your home.
This also applies to batteries in a towable trailer too.
This device clamps around one of the battery cables and reads directly in amps or milliamps depending on the size of the current drain.
The easiest way to check for a battery drain is to use a clamp on dc ammeter.
Your rv has two separate electrical systems.
So if you have a.
All the lamps fans water pump etc still operate on 12 volts dc just that the dc electricity is provided by the converter instead of the batteries while plugged in.
The crystals disappear when the battery s charged.
If you decide to leave the rv plugged into shore power i would check the water level in the battery weekly.
The 12 volt system is powered by a battery or in some cases multiple batteries and it powers things such as the start up on your water heater furnace and refrigerator plus most of the lights in your rv s living space your water pump your carbon.
All the fans lamps water pump and the rest still function on the 12 volts dc in just that dc electricity is supplied by the converter rather than the batteries when plugged in.
A battery can be hooked up to shore power with a home extension cord in the same way that it is hooked up with a 30 amp or 50 amp plug.
It has too much charge seriously your rv battery is 64.
This solenoid is designed to allow a charge from the alternator to go to the house batteries but will not allow any house or rv 12 volt functions to draw power from the engine battery.
A 12 volt dc electrical system and a 120 volt ac system.
Another option would be to plug the rv into shore power once or twice a month for about 8 hours to keep the battery charge topped off.
So using an inverter or anything else on the rv side would not drain the engine battery.
One rv two electrical systems.
Rv battery draining while plugged in.
When plugged into shore power at the campground presumably the ac to dc converter will charge the auxiliary battery bank.
Keeping your batteries healthy and lasting is another topic we should talk about.
Yes the battery of an rv does charge when plugged in.
When plugged in shore power at the campsite most probably the converter of ac to dc will charge the backup battery bank.
