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z3406 · 03-22-2018, 08:40 AM

My Bounder with the residential refrigerator had four 6 volt golf cart batteries to power the inverter. Fleetwood does a good job providing an adequet battery bank to support a residential refrigerator An overnight on a set of charged batteries is not an issue. The coaches alternator will charge the chassis battery bank while driving so there is no need to run the generator while on the road. I'ld be very surprised if the dealer pick up facilities did not include power. All you need is a 15 amp regular wall socket to keep the batteries charged. Plug the coach into any available AC and the built in inverter/charger will do the rest. If you don't already have them make sure you and a 15 amp (regular 3 prong wall socket) to rv 30 amp and an RV 30 to 50 amp adapter. Most Walmarts carry them.

The inverter is also your battery charger, while plugged in it will default to pass thru mode, pass thru is maintaining the battery charge and using the external power source to provide AC power. THe coach should also have an energy management system. There will be a panel someplace where you can tell the coach what the external power source is. The management system will then monitor the load of the coach and automatically drop out devices to keep the total load under what is available. If your plugged into 50 amp or running off the generator the coach will know. If plugged into a non 50 amp socket the coach will know and you will then have the option to tell the system what the available power is.

jack_pine · 03-22-2018, 04:24 PM

That's great info, thanks so much. Feel like a sponge, but that's ok.

Elwood58 · 03-23-2018, 05:54 AM

If you have an Energy Management System, double check the settings when you adapt down to a 15 amp outlet. The EMS will think it is on 30 amp service, but you can set it to 15 amp via the settings.

jack_pine · 03-23-2018, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Elwood58

If you have an Energy Management System, double check the settings when you adapt down to a 15 amp outlet. The EMS will think it is on 30 amp service, but you can set it to 15 amp via the settings.

THX, have much to learn.

Yosemite77 · 03-23-2018, 09:08 PM

Have you thought about when and where you are going to winterize your new rig?

jack_pine · 03-24-2018, 05:19 AM

Now I winterize the trailer in late fall and leave it that way until spring in Wisconsin.

The new plan will be to winterize the Coach the same. Then drive it to Fl January 1st still winterized. Then maybe put water in the system in Alabama or so depending on weather.

Yosemite77 · 03-24-2018, 09:26 AM

I was thinking more about after you pick it up and use it on the way up north. It’s very possible that it will still be well below freezing at night in early April.
Congrats on the new rig!

jack_pine · 03-24-2018, 10:44 AM

Not sure about winterizing going north. We are going to stay a couple of days near Montgomery and then near Paducah. We will look at the weather in Wisconsin then and winterize if needed.