Sadly we will be putting our unit to bed for the winter next month for the first time. We have two Trojan T-105 6 volt batteries. We also have a 300 amp solar panels/system. Our plans are to store the trailer in upstate New York. The storage building has a roof and the two sides are covered with canvas. They provide an outlet for trickle charging. It seems to me that we have a few options in regards to maintaining the batteries during the 7 months of storage. My question, if you were us, what would you do? If you recommend the trickle charger route, do you happen to know of one in particular that will work with our two 6 volts?
RonC said
07:24 AM Sep 16, 2016
We have a residential refrigerator (which is designed to run all the time), so I bought an adaptor that goes from 50 amp to 20 amp and plug the coach into a normal 120V outlet anytime we're in storage. This is like being plugged into shore power, but on a very limited scale (don't try to run the AC or heavy draw stuff). Plugged in this way the normal converter charges the batteries and the inverter keeps the refrigerator cold. We have two 12V AGM batteries (Lifeline GPL-4DL) so no worries about electrolyte levels or any of that stuff. Too easy.
-- Edited by RonC on Friday 16th of September 2016 09:13:02 AM
-- Edited by RonC on Friday 16th of September 2016 09:14:16 AM
Clay L said
11:02 AM Sep 16, 2016
I used a BatteryMinder Plus for many years. It is a float charger and can be connected as long as you want without causing water loss in the battery.
It will handle up to 5 batteries but since your 6 volt ones are in series it won't be a problem anyway. It will see them as one 12 volt battery.
-- Edited by Clay L on Friday 16th of September 2016 11:05:10 AM
Sadly we will be putting our unit to bed for the winter next month for the first time. We have two Trojan T-105 6 volt batteries. We also have a 300 amp solar panels/system. Our plans are to store the trailer in upstate New York. The storage building has a roof and the two sides are covered with canvas. They provide an outlet for trickle charging. It seems to me that we have a few options in regards to maintaining the batteries during the 7 months of storage. My question, if you were us, what would you do? If you recommend the trickle charger route, do you happen to know of one in particular that will work with our two 6 volts?
We have a residential refrigerator (which is designed to run all the time), so I bought an adaptor that goes from 50 amp to 20 amp and plug the coach into a normal 120V outlet anytime we're in storage. This is like being plugged into shore power, but on a very limited scale (don't try to run the AC or heavy draw stuff). Plugged in this way the normal converter charges the batteries and the inverter keeps the refrigerator cold. We have two 12V AGM batteries (Lifeline GPL-4DL) so no worries about electrolyte levels or any of that stuff. Too easy.
-- Edited by RonC on Friday 16th of September 2016 09:13:02 AM
-- Edited by RonC on Friday 16th of September 2016 09:14:16 AM
I used a BatteryMinder Plus for many years. It is a float charger and can be connected as long as you want without causing water loss in the battery.
It will handle up to 5 batteries but since your 6 volt ones are in series it won't be a problem anyway. It will see them as one 12 volt battery.
-- Edited by Clay L on Friday 16th of September 2016 11:05:10 AM