10-14-2013, 11:07 AM
Todd,
If you're leaving the batteries in the coach, one tender (of suitable size) can be connected to any single battery. As long as that battery is connected to the rest, they will all stay topped off. I used to leave mine parked with only a 15A plug and one inverter/charger going. Using the combiner switch allowed me to keep the house and chassis batteries all up.
For clarification, this was a Freedom 2500 with the charger portion on and the inverter portion off. The other Freedom 2500 was completely off. My bird will take a pretty consistent 8-9A charge when parked. By turning all the master switches and such off, I might be able to get it down a little more, but it's not worth the effort. A decent 10A smart charger or tender should keep things well off.
If you're taking the batteries out, then you either need a charger (tender) for each or a way to connect them in parallel. This could be with either custom cables or sime jumper cables.
If you're leaving the batteries in the coach, one tender (of suitable size) can be connected to any single battery. As long as that battery is connected to the rest, they will all stay topped off. I used to leave mine parked with only a 15A plug and one inverter/charger going. Using the combiner switch allowed me to keep the house and chassis batteries all up.
For clarification, this was a Freedom 2500 with the charger portion on and the inverter portion off. The other Freedom 2500 was completely off. My bird will take a pretty consistent 8-9A charge when parked. By turning all the master switches and such off, I might be able to get it down a little more, but it's not worth the effort. A decent 10A smart charger or tender should keep things well off.
If you're taking the batteries out, then you either need a charger (tender) for each or a way to connect them in parallel. This could be with either custom cables or sime jumper cables.
06 M450LXi 3 slide