carson
Well-known member
Has anyone devised a method of charging/maintaining the battery while (whilst) in transit?
The parasitic (unwanted) battery drain during long hauls kills my battery. First I pulled the fuse for the radio, then I installed a battery disconnect switch (knife switch), both of which are not desirable over time. The switch idea worked great, but within a year the switch corroded badly to and became unstable. (The contact areas were too marginal to sustain starting current over time).
I would like to feed RV power to safely utilize the RV alternator power to keep Toad alive.
There are probably some factors to be considered besides simply connecting a 12 V line from the RV engine battery source to the Toad battery.
What am I missing? Diode, fuse etc? I searched the forum but was not able to find anything.
All ideas are welcome.
carson FL
The parasitic (unwanted) battery drain during long hauls kills my battery. First I pulled the fuse for the radio, then I installed a battery disconnect switch (knife switch), both of which are not desirable over time. The switch idea worked great, but within a year the switch corroded badly to and became unstable. (The contact areas were too marginal to sustain starting current over time).
I would like to feed RV power to safely utilize the RV alternator power to keep Toad alive.
There are probably some factors to be considered besides simply connecting a 12 V line from the RV engine battery source to the Toad battery.
What am I missing? Diode, fuse etc? I searched the forum but was not able to find anything.
All ideas are welcome.
carson FL