Next Project - Inverter and Dual Battery Setup...few questions.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PARAGON:
You don't want all of that, I don't think. The DC outlets are powered all of the time. So the add-on thingy would be draining down along with the stock battery assuming that it's a simple circuit that charges the thingy's battery which many of these thingies are. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Dohhhh! I vaguely recall going through this thought process a while back and concluding the same thing since the outlets are always hot.

Then promptly forgetting apparently. I hate my memory.

Dohhhh! I vaguely recall going through this thought process a while back and concluding the same thing since the outlets are always hot.

Then promptly forgetting apparently. I hate my memory.

Paragon, good thing you remembered. Saved Alec some money and some enragement at me

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">A better solution would be to buy a solar panel and have it wire to trickle charge the battery. You could also wire in a plug that would allow you to plug in a trickle charger and charge it from your home's outlet. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The solar approach might be nice if it's outdoors a lot.

The jump-n-carry guide says to charge it once a month in summer months and at least once every three months in the colder months. I just charge it one weekend a month overnight or for a day until the charge is up to 14V on the built in meter. Yes a pain, but better than having to jump car to car or getting stranded.