LoneWolf65
New member
New to owning a travel trailer and have no idea about the battery.
Purchased a nice used travel trailer but it did not have a battery. I have it in a fixed location on AC power but haven't been able to get the hot water heater to work. After watching many troubleshooting videos I saw one explaining the switch needs 12v to send a signal to another part that starts the ac side of the water heater.
I was under the assumption that the travel trailer had a converter that would convert the AC power to this needed DC power but after hours of reading beginning to wonder if I am wrong. I have noticed many say regardless if you are on shore power or not you should still have a battery.
So if I need a battery how do I decide which one to purchase? This is a 33 foot travel trailer hooked to shore power and will most likely not move for a very long time.
Purchased a nice used travel trailer but it did not have a battery. I have it in a fixed location on AC power but haven't been able to get the hot water heater to work. After watching many troubleshooting videos I saw one explaining the switch needs 12v to send a signal to another part that starts the ac side of the water heater.
I was under the assumption that the travel trailer had a converter that would convert the AC power to this needed DC power but after hours of reading beginning to wonder if I am wrong. I have noticed many say regardless if you are on shore power or not you should still have a battery.
So if I need a battery how do I decide which one to purchase? This is a 33 foot travel trailer hooked to shore power and will most likely not move for a very long time.