Charging Battery

[bill18163]

My wife and I bought our first RV. It's a Rockwood 2606WS. I would like to know if the battery charges while you are towing the RV and does it charge when you are plugged in at a campground? Also, can you put a trickle charger on it without removing the battery cables or do you have to remove the cables first?
Thanks,
Bill

[A32Deuce]

Yes to all your questions. Towing not a whole lot but some. Converter charges when connected to shore power or a generator. If home and not connected you can connect a battery maintainer.

[cavie]

Originally Posted by bill18163

My wife and I bought our first RV. It's a Rockwood 2606WS. I would like to know if the battery charges while you are towing the RV and does it charge when you are plugged in at a campground? Also, can you put a trickle charger on it without removing the battery cables or do you have to remove the cables first?
Thanks,
Bill

there is a converter in your trailer that charges the battery and also supplies all your 12 volt systems when you are plugged in at camp or at home. It's in a panel with your 12 volt fuses. Your tow vehicle to will supply a small charge while you are towing to keep battery topped off.

[bikendan]

Most tow vehicles only provide a trickle charge at best.
We've always just plugged the shore cord into the power post or generator, for recharging the battery.
Never seen any need for a separate battery charger.

[larry2c]

One thing to add on the TV charging while driving. On our TV (2011 F150) there was a relay and a fuse that had to be installed before the pigtail would actually pass along a charge to the trailer. Ford even put the relay and fuse in the glove box but for whatever reason, did not install them. Numerous F150 owners of our TV's generation reported the same thing and I have heard that some models of Chevy pickups did something similar.