BenHennig
RVF Regular
- Joined
- May 1, 2023
- Messages
- 8
- RV Year
- 2021
- RV Make
- Roadtrek
- RV Model
- Zion Slumber
- RV Length
- 20' 9"
I have a 2021 Zion Slumber with lithium coach batteries. The coach's lithium batteries are accompanied by a so-called AGM 'kicker' battery which runs the Firefly and some other functions whilst the lithiums are disconnected.
I'm trying to setup a trickle-charger to maintain the coach AGM 'kicker' during the winter. The lithium batteries will be shut off (via the Firefly), so to my knowledge, they shouldn't see the trickle-charger. I expect to be able to figure out the connections and would rather use the charger than to have the inverter run from shore power all winter long.
Question: How do you make the physical connections between charger and house kicker AGM?
- Crawl under the coach and start splicing into wiring? Not very excited to rig this up.
- Can you get direct access to the AGM battery terminals under the coach? Or do you have to remove the battery? I understand the battery is located just in front of the rear axle.
- Connect to the inverter terminals inside the coach? Note: the terminals are not exposed so I expect I'll be disconnecting the cables from the inverter to get access.
Thx!
I'm trying to setup a trickle-charger to maintain the coach AGM 'kicker' during the winter. The lithium batteries will be shut off (via the Firefly), so to my knowledge, they shouldn't see the trickle-charger. I expect to be able to figure out the connections and would rather use the charger than to have the inverter run from shore power all winter long.
Question: How do you make the physical connections between charger and house kicker AGM?
- Crawl under the coach and start splicing into wiring? Not very excited to rig this up.
- Can you get direct access to the AGM battery terminals under the coach? Or do you have to remove the battery? I understand the battery is located just in front of the rear axle.
- Connect to the inverter terminals inside the coach? Note: the terminals are not exposed so I expect I'll be disconnecting the cables from the inverter to get access.
Thx!