A gross lie has been perpetrated upon the RV community. The lie is: “Your trailer umbilical cord will charge your RV house batteries. You don’t have to do anything but drive!”
The full width and breadth of the myth goes something like this:
- You plug your towable RV into your tow vehicle with the 7-way* umbilical cord connector.
- There’s a wire (of undetermined gauge) between the 7-way receptacle and the tow vehicle alternator.
- When you turn on your tow vehicle, it kicks on the alternator.
- The alternator charges both the tow vehicle’s starter battery and the RV’s house battery.
But here’s the truth of the matter:
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