w7rjr
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Should I leave my 2016 31KE Vista plugged into shore power over the winter? Will it trickle charge the batteries? I don’t want to over charge them. Thanks.
Trickle charge Winnie in the winter?
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Tom
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Why not use a couple of external trickle chargers?
CharlesinGA
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If you have a multistage power converter, then by all means leave it connected. If the converter is single stage it may possibly cook the batteries. There is a device called a Trik-L-Start that will "steal" power from the house to keep the engine battery topped off. It has safety features so it won't run the house batteries down nor kill the engine battery.
Charles
Charles
IBTripping
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A 2016 RV is highly likely to have a multi-stage converter. Just leave it plugged in.
John Canfield
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Find the manual for the charger and look for "multi stage charger" or "three stage charger" in the overview. There are some Winnebago models and model years that had dumb chargers (could possibly cook the batteries.)
Typically the lower end RV models have basic versions of auxiliary equipment like chargers, microwaves, entertainment systems, etc.
steveblonde
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Throw on a couple trickle chargers Amazon sells them cheap, ive have a few over the years like Battery tender or Noco
Mark_K5LXP
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If you have complete faith that nothing will happen to your AC power source this can work. Given the number of folks that post on the forums "something" happened - tripped breaker, zapped equipment, blown fuse, unplugged cords - and subsequent dead batteries, you can roll the dice for yourself.
Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM
Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM
