Remove the batteries?

[David E Iversen]

I'm about to put my coach up in storage for the winter, and was just wondering how many people remove their batteries, both chassis and house, and store at home with a battery tender?
I will turn off my inverter and switch off the batteries, but will that work for the months in storage?

[David T. Richelderfer]

We have RV 50 amp plug ins at both our summer and winter homes.  I just plug in the Marquis and let the inverter trickle charge all eight batteries while it's parked.  Of course, I need to check the water levels in the batteries every month or so.  We have one car that stays at our Oregon home that is left on a trickle charger over the winter and two cars at our Arizona home that are left on trickle chargers over the summer.  I unhook the batteries in the three cars while they are on trickle chargers.

I have also used a 15/20 amp wall receptacle periodically for short periods to trickle charge the Marquis' batteries.  I turn down the inverter's allowed charge amperage to 10 amps maximum or so.  I have learned that I cannot use a GFI wall receptacle because the GFI will trip out.

[Keith Moffett Co-Admin]

David
It is helpful to know your model and year of coach.  This info can be included with your signature info.
We too leave ours plugged into 50 amp so it remains charged.  Some people will make periodic trips to the coach to charge the batteries but that is not always possible.  Since we winter in the PNW we have heaters on so need power anyway and are blessed to be able to park our coach at our home.