Our first camping season is coming to a close here in Illinois and my attention turns to how best to protect our Scamp for the winter. The Scamp owners manual talks about taking the battery indoors for the winter. That seems at odds with the newer converter with a built in charge guard wizard. In addition if the battery (having monitored water levels) holds a charge it should be in no more danger of freezing than my car battery.
The only parasitic voltage draw on the battery I am aware of is the CO/LP detector. At the factory when we picked up our trailer they already had the fuse pulled because they said if it sat for two weeks it would kill the battery.
I know there are other winterizing issues but was wondering if others just left their trailers plugged in at home when stored.
It is important that batteries that are subjected to freezing temperatures be stored charged. I have never lost a battery to freezing, even at -30 degrees but they were fully charged. On my Scamp it is easy to remove and in a box, so I will bring that in and use it (on a charger) to run my ham radio equipment all winter. BTW: That line in the Scamp video about a concrete floor destroying a battery has not been true since they quit making them out of WOOD.
I have a Trickle charger that I use for all my batteries,that includes the Scamp`s,and both lawn mover batteries,I just wire them all together + to +,and - to -.
That just keeps them all charged and no freezing.
Buckeyer