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Originally Posted by TyCreek
I don't understand a reason or need to run a "maintainer" on either battery source with most recent RVs if all components are working/wired appropriately and the coach is plugged in.
If you have power to plug in a trickle charger/maintainer then there's power to plug in the coach.
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Yes - BUT. When parked with power for extended periods of time it is best to put batteries in store mode (no load on house batteries) and run DC stuff on the converter only. Chassis battery will not charge in store mode but chassis/engine still uses some power and that will result in dead battery eventually. That is why you need to have a trickle charger on chassis battery. Mfg for our charger said it is OK to leave our Battery Tender Plus connected to battery at all times with charging from either engine, house charger/converter or battery tender or both or no charging at all. And that's what I have been doing on two different motor homes for almost four years. With gen running and driving we get charge to chassis battery from all three.
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