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Charging Battery - Event Date: 25 May 2023 - 01 Jul 2023
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    Posted: 25 May 2023 at 4:02pm
When charging my battery with cord to the house should the battery disconnection switch be on or off?  Any help is appreciated.
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Minimum, turn the switch off.  Or you can disconnect the negative side of the battery.
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If you are charging the battery with an AC power cord connected to the R-POD AC receptacle  - you are powering the R-POD’s internal AC-to-DC converter. You need to leave the red battery cut off switch ON to get the battery to charge.

If you are charging the battery with a separate 12V DC battery charger plugged into your house (like used to recharge a car battery) then you need to leave the battery cut off switch OFF.

Hopefully this clears things up.
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Where is the battery cut off located??
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It’s a large red switch located near the battery at the front driver side of newer R-Pods. Older R-Pods do not have a switch.
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