RLS7201
Beautyful Downtown Gladstone, MO
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If you MH is a 1986 or later Fleetwood product, it is designed to charge all batteries when plugged in.
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Brownleaf
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RLS, I will call Winnebago to make sure. RVdoc said otherwise. Doug
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Grit dog
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Brownleaf wrote:Gritdog, just took it out for a few miles and it started out on the dash saying 50% charged and went up to about 5/8 charged by the end. Do I need to worry if that dash indicater is valid? Doug
Wow, umm, idk. I’ve never seen a dash indicator in % of charged. That’s kinda cool. And appears to be working if you think the battery was low and then it went up a bit after driving a bit. Hell, idk, test the theory out. More fun than hooking up a battery charger if you got nothing else to do and a couple cold road sodas.
Take the same lap 4 times and see if it goes to full.
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Grit dog
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TCBear wrote:"No they’re not “designed” to sit longer."
Of course motorhome chassis, drivetrains and bodies are designed with extended storage in mind -- that's what people routinely do with them, so all that's taken into account by component engineers in their durability and longevity objectives. And because they are, the vehicles can survive certain things (including neglect) that a Ferrari V-12 supercar might not tolerate as well.
Yeah, when you put it like that, you’re absolutely correct.
In fact I was thinkin tonight on my way home from work that it’s been a few weeks since I drove the ole Koenigsegg and the oil might be gettin rusty and damaging the piston turbulators. So went out and ripped off a couple laps at PIR and then came home and changed the oil. Hope she makes it til the next time it’s not raining out.
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If your house & chassis batteries live in the same place just take the cheapest set of booster cables you can lay your hands on and connect the house & chassis batteries for 24 hours every couple of weeks.
Great? No, but far better than nothing.
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Grit dog
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^Yup great idea. Another one of the many ways to skin this cat that don’t require doing laps around the block aimlessly in a motorhome.
Maybe for the OP consider going the opposite direction half the time. You know, for even tire wear and new scenery!
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RLS7201
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Brownleaf wrote:RLS, I will call Winnebago to make sure. RVdoc said otherwise. Doug
Why would you call Winnebago to question my Fleetwood response?
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RLS7201 wrote:Brownleaf wrote:RLS, I will call Winnebago to make sure. RVdoc said otherwise. Doug
Why would you call Winnebago to question my Fleetwood response?
Richard
Maybe because he has a Winnebago, not a Fleetwood.
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Please play nice with each other.
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