av8rds
Princeton, MA
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Usually I put my Superduty on a BatterMINDer (HERE) for the winter. If I leave the camper connected will this be enough to keep the camper batteries topped off?
Conversely, if I was to plug in the camper(Lance 992) with its latest/greatest charger, will it maintain the truck batteries?
or should I go with option 3 and keep them plugged in separately?
thanks in advance
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Clattertruck
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In my opinion,the batteries (truck vs camper)should be charged separately. The charge requirements are different between starting and deep cycle.
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2008 SD F450 PSD 6.4L CC 4X4 DRW, Lariat Auto trans 4.30 LS, 2008 Snowriver 108 truck camper. Jeep Unlimited Rubicon as toad.
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btggraphix
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Plus, if there is an isolator of some sort, as there almost certainly is, they may not be connected together when the truck isn't running anyway. Depends on which style isolator/seperator I suppose. But Clattertruck is right, they should be done seperately.
With the new Lance, it may have to automatic isolator where it connects them if the truck is running, but based on voltage from the truck - so a charger may actually charge both unless the voltage is below the cutoff - but I'd still do it seperately.
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4*phun*2
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I would change it from one to the other every Saturday morning.
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sleepy
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Keep it simple... so you don't have to schedule your time. (as in, do you run your generator every month for 30 minutes like the manual says?)
Put a charger/minder on your battery camper battery bank, another on your truck battery(s)
now you won't get busy and forget.... ruining one or the other.
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