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Putting our Newmar Canyon Star motorhome in unheated winter storage for the next 5 or 6 months. What should be done with the 6 volt house batteries, 6 of them? Plug in the motorhome so they stay charged or take them out? Will not have access to the unit during storage.

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Assuming you MH has a smart charger, I would leave the batteries in the MH, disconnect switches turned on and plugged in. Check the battery water levels before storage and all should be well.

Richard

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Yup,; if electric is not available, just fully-charge them then remove the ground cables, the batteries will still have 3/4 charge after 6 months- providing they are in good condition now.

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Even plugged in or not plugged in, the steps will still work. Turn the steps off. There is a constant drain when the step switch is left in the on position. The trik-l-charger cannot keep up with the step drain over time.

If you disconnect the batteries it doesn't matter.

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