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Ron I have an Xantrex inverter in the street side front compartment and an Intellipower converter/charger in the rear streetside compartment where the shore cord is located along with the engine heater power cord and the gfi plug that trips when I plug the engine heater into it.
I am assuming that the xantrex unit charges the 4 six volt batteries, and the inteli power charges the house and/or maybe not chassis battery. The inteli power is plugged into a seperate AC plug in the same compartment.
As I read more posts on rv.net about chargers Am I carrectly to believe that this converter/charger only charges the house batteries and the engine/chassis battery is left to the engine alternator like a regular vehicle? If so I wouldn't think that a month of inactivity would let the engine battery run down unless it may be weak.
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Dave,
Look at your Xantrex on the front and see what model it is and if it states it is a Inverter/Charger.
Mine is a Xantrex Freedom 458 Inverter/Charger and I have no converter. The Inverter/Charger charges/maintains the 4 house batteries in my coach.
It appears that you have a Xantrex Inverter that does not have the charging feature and that is why you have an converter to charge the 4 house batteries, but check the model on the inverter and let me know.
Bob has given you some good info on the emergency battery starting circuit.
Ron