| Battery Charging [message #180771] |
Sun, 19 August 2012 00:31  |
kerry pinkerton
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Registered: July 2012
Location: Harvest, Al
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George Zhookoff and Tom Phipps were over Friday to visit and plunder some parts from the Eleganza. I had this homemade circuit board wired into the transformer that they thought was some kind of battery charger. The ensuing discussion told me that the basic transformer was known as a battery killer because there was nothing to turn it off when the batteries were charged and it just boiled them dry.
OK, so I get home with my new 73 and plugged it into shore power earlier this evening and was sitting here reading the owners manual when I remembered what George and Tom told me. I unplugged the coach from the AC. I'm sure I'm missing something because obviously these things stay plugged in for days/weeks at a time.
Can someone school me on how this works and what I need to do? Obviously I want to charge my batteries but I don't want to cook them either. Is a small modern battery charger in order?
Also does shore power charge both batteries or only the house battery?
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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