WillyCoyote
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Had a disagreement camping this past weekend.
Does anyone know if the battery charges when trailer is hooked up to power of trailer. I say yes but was told that you need to put a battery charger on it in order to charge it.
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2oldman
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Assuming 'hooked up' means plugged in, and assuming you have a converter, and the converter is working, yes it charges the batteries.
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WillyCoyote
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Yes plugged to power and isn't the fuse system considered a converter?
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2oldman
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Fuse system? Hmm.. how OLD is this trailer? No, the breakers are not a converter.
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Coyote2cool
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WillyCoyote wrote:Had a disagreement camping this past weekend.
Does anyone know if the battery charges when trailer is hooked up to power of trailer. I say yes but was told that you need to put a battery charger on it in order to charge it.
Yes; when the HTT is hooked up to the TV it will charge as you drive down the road.
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WillyCoyote
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So plugged in at home would not charge the battery?
I have a 2007 22CT Coyote and it has fuses and breakers.
All i did was hook battery up after the winter to the trailer and after a day it was fully charged. This way from my home power.
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smkettner
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Yes they all will charge the battery when connected to utility power or the tow vehicle. Some systems are better than others.
Some converters are far faster than others so you may have been talking to an old timer with a 3 amp charge connection. If you post the make and model of your converter you will get better info on how well your rv converter charges the battery.
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JSGlow
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WillyCoyote wrote:So plugged in at home would not charge the battery?
I have a 2007 22CT Coyote and it has fuses and breakers.
All i did was hook battery up after the winter to the trailer and after a day it was fully charged. This way from my home power.
You almost certainly have a coverter built into your electrical system. Plugging in at home charges the batt. through the converter in something less than a day. You also get a wee bit of charging when your Tow vehicle is hauling the camper down the road. But not too much.
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WillyCoyote
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Well I guess if I would have read the converter I would have found the answer.
Silly me!
Its a WFCO 3 Stage Converter.
I guess to much beer.
It says right on the coverter cover that it charges the battery.
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smkettner
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Not only does the WFCO charge the battery it is pretty much better than any automotive type charger.
Now that you have won the disagreement... have the other person post his info so he can have his working properly or upgrade to a WFCO or similar.
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