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[technicalspectical]

When camper is at home. Would love to hear some thoughts on leaving it plugged into shore power or not to leave it plugged in? Can I fry the battery if I leave it plugged in?

[technicalspectical]

Oh and it’s a 233S just plugged into 15 amp circuit. Nothing turned on inside except carbon monoxide detector.

[Mr. Dan]

Originally Posted by technicalspectical

When camper is at home. Would love to hear some thoughts on leaving it plugged into shore power or not to leave it plugged in? Can I fry the battery if I leave it plugged in?

I don't know anything about which camper you have nor what kind of converter it has... but my Wildcat is plugged in all the time I'm not dragging it down the road. I check battery level a couple of times per year and never add more than a splash of distilled water.

[Flybob]

You should be fine leaving it plugged in however you should check the water in your batteries every 6 -8 weeks. Make sure the outlet it is plugged in is not GFCI protected as occasionally two GFCIs in series can cause one to trip.

[SailorSam20500]

As noted, leaving it plugged in is fine. People put trailers on seasonal sites and almost never move the trailer. Friends of mine left theirs plugged in for months - they had fridges stocked and running.

It it were me though, and I had my trailer at home, I wouldn't plug it in and would kill all power use via a battery disconnect. I was trained by my grandfather - "turn off that light, Edison already makes enough money".
I would have capability to plug it in so that I could cool down the fridge and top up the battery a day or so before leaving on a trip. It could also be valuable as a place to escape SWMBO.

[bikendan]

Leave ours plugged in, at home.
Just check the water levels.

[badger5301]

Not sure if I'm right or wrong but ours is always plugged in when in the shed. I ran a 30amp plug on the wall. Not a necessity buts it's nice to be able to run the air if we want to do some work inside the unit.

[RandK-M]

Both our last 2 trailers over the last 10 years are plugged in pretty much 365 days except while actually on the road. In fact from the first trip of the year in April until the last trip in October, we keep the fridge on and stocked when at home. Makes packing and unpacking very minimal. The only precaution I really take is to check the battery water level at least once per month.



Ray

[onetonford]

I have always kept my trailers plugged in but have them on a timer set for 6 hours on and 6 off and it has always been fine. My trailer batteries last over seven years doing it this way. works for me. When I get ready to use it I have a override switch to bypass the timer for a few days so the refer is ready to use.

[Fluffywhitedogs]

Originally Posted by RandK-M

Both our last 2 trailers over the last 10 years are plugged in pretty much 365 days except while actually on the road. In fact from the first trip of the year in April until the last trip in October, we keep the fridge on and stocked when at home. Makes packing and unpacking very minimal. The only precaution I really take is to check the battery water level at least once per month.



Ray

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[njfishing]

As long as you have a battery kill switch and or disconnect one of the terminals so there is no power draw, you don’t need to plug in but it won’t hurt...I leave the camper and my boat unplugged from Dec to mid April every year and no issues.

[TheWolfPaq82]

I'm taking the cover off our TT today. I'll plug it in and unless we're traveling in it, it stays plugged in all summer long while in the driveway. I'll unplug in the fall when I winterize it.