Marine battery
Froggycamp
if the battery is charged during the time the car is running, or if can only be
charged by a standard battery charger in between camping trips.
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2000 Bayside
1998 Explorer
Tom Warfield
>We are getting ready to buy a marine battery for use while dry camping & wonder
>if the battery is charged during the time the car is running, or if can only be
>charged by a standard battery charger in between camping trips.
The battery will charge IF you have a charge line installed from the
tow vehicle battery to the trailer connection. This is basically a 10
guage (or bigger wire) usually run directly from the tow vehicle
battery back to the trailer connector. If you only have a "flat four"
connector, you will have to replace it, probably with a round
"Bargman" plug. Of course the wiring on the trailer has to provide the
connection from the plug to the battery too.
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-Tom Warfield
> 2000 Coleman Mesa
> 1999 Ford Ranger (4dr supercab, 4.0L, 5sp AT w/OD)
> In the great Pacific NorthWest (sw washington)
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Dick
trips are not very long. It takes several hours of driving to fully
charge a battery. Get a good charger that will not overcharge.
Also get a Deep Discharge and not a Marine Starting Battery unless you
intend to use it on a boat and need to start the engine.
There are several sites with information about batteries.
http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/~schmaus/
http://www.trojanbattery.com/customercare_faqtemp.html
http://www.rvpowerproducts.com/tech.htm#changes
Many more are available.
For wiring:
http://marksrv.com/wiring.htm
http://www.rverscorner.com/index.html
Froggycamp wrote:
>
> We are getting ready to buy a marine battery for use while dry camping & wonder
> if the battery is charged during the time the car is running, or if can only be
> charged by a standard battery charger in between camping trips.