Battery Use

[Alpenliteman]

We are planning to be in one site for the next 3 months. We will not be using our batteries. We have the inverter turned off... should we turn the master control to the batteries off also ?
Will this allow the batteries to drain of charge ?
Thank you,

[450Donn]

You do have 12 volt lights right? How about the refer? It also needs 12 VDC to operate. So does the furnace for that matter. Turn the converter back on or you will likely find really soon that you have dead batteries, and no power to a lot of things.

[Eddie Foy]

He said he turned off the inverter, not the converter.

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Originally posted by 450Donn: You do have 12 volt lights right? How about the refer? It also needs 12 VDC to operate. So does the furnace for that matter. Turn the converter back on or you will likely find really soon that you have dead batteries, and no power to a lot of things.

[FiverBob]

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Originally posted by Eddie Foy: He said he turned off the inverter, not the converter.

Are we positive he meant "inverter" versus "converter?" And, if he meant inverter, are we sure his inverter is NOT an inverter/charger?

Alpenlite - - as stated, you need batteries to live in your unit, therefore they need to be maintained. Keep the battery charger (inverter/converter/whatever) in operation.
Bob

[RedGuy]

What if it's an older Converter? My TT is 20 years old and on the converter tag it says it provides a 3 amp continuous charge. So from that I would think it sends 3 amps to the batts all the time no matter what the charge state. I would be concerned about over charging if hooked up for that length of time. Or is my converter smarter than I think it is and turn off when the batteries are full?

[Jeff_in_The_Dalles]

In that age range, I'd guess it has no "brain".

It probably won't let the voltage get excessively high, but I'd bet it will continually drive water out of the batteries.