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    Posted: 05 Oct 2017 at 9:32pm
Stephan,
They did say 215 ah on the interstate batteries at costco. Our batteries plus just changed their sign to batteries plus bulbs last week,this gives me a reason to check them out.
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Off topic, my Costco has golf cart interstate batteries for $89 apiece,are these any good? I've been doing fine with the 2 group 24 12 volts but thinking of an upgrade before our trip next week.

It depends. Interstate is a good name, but I tried searching and could not get to anything that had specifications for the battery. For comparison, I got two GC-2 batteries of 215Ah at Batteries Plus Bulbs for about the same price. They are labeled as Duracell.
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Off topic, my Costco has golf cart interstate batteries for $89 apiece,are these any good? I've been doing fine with the 2 group 24 12 volts but thinking of an upgrade before our trip next week.
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We had shore power and just plugged the battery charger into the outdoor outlet and charged the battery.  Since there was no chance for rain we just kept the charger attached and it kept it trickle charged.  Did not have to disconnect anything.  But I connected the negative to a bolt holding the WDH on the frame rather than directly to the battery (I used to always just ground the negative whenever charging a car rather than attaching directly to battery - so just habit)
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When using 2 12v batteries wired in parallel, I like to hook the charger up to the positive on one battery and the negative on the other
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Originally posted by GlueGuy

You don't need to connect anything to the converter. Just attach the charger to the battery, and you should be good. Turn off or disconnect the converter.


After reading your response GlueGuy I just had to smack my forehead and say dahhhh ..... the answer to my question is so obvious! LOL
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Originally posted by GlueGuy

You don't need to connect anything to the converter. Just attach the charger to the battery, and you should be good. Turn off or disconnect the converter.


After reading your response GlueGuy I just had to smack my forehead and say dahhhh ..... the answer to my question is so obvious! LOL
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Originally posted by voisj

I had a converter go out due to a lightning strike at a campground in Arkansas,Devil's den. It was three days into a four week trip. I bought a small charger and was able to charge the batteries while when we had shore power,with my generator and while driving.I just hooked it up to one battery and then the other the next night and never had a real power issue the rest of the trip. I now carry a charger in the tounge box just in case. The only question I have is whether I could just hook it to one battery and does it help if I move it back and forth?
If both batteries are 12V (six cell caps per battery) and wired in parallel, connect the charger to either battery and it will charge both.  

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I had a converter go out due to a lightning strike at a campground in Arkansas,Devil's den. It was three days into a four week trip. I bought a small charger and was able to charge the batteries while when we had shore power,with my generator and while driving.I just hooked it up to one battery and then the other the next night and never had a real power issue the rest of the trip. I now carry a charger in the tounge box just in case. The only question I have is whether I could just hook it to one battery and does it help if I move it back and forth?
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Okay here is my question.... should your converter fail then how do you connect a battery charger to the failed converter to salvage your trip? Explanation? Pictures? It seems I'm missing something in this puzzle so maybe someone can help me and others like me out just in case they experience a converter failure.
You don't need to connect anything to the converter. Just attach the charger to the battery, and you should be good. Turn off or disconnect the converter.
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