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    Posted: 29 Nov 2012 at 8:01pm
I am lucky enough to have enough room next to my barn 24/30 man cave that I just winerize the pod, cover it with the Forest River factory pod cover and leave it plugged in. The Pods internal charger keeps the battery up nicely. Sometimes during the winter if Donna is watching "crap" on t.v. I go to the pod, flip on the 1500 watt electric heater, turn on the t.v. pop some corn in the microwave and watch antique roadshow in the Pod,
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Nov 2012 at 11:24pm
The built-in charger in the pod is a smart charger, so if you can keep the pod itself plugged in I wouldn't use a battery tender instead.  Unless you want to save a little energy since the tender likely uses less energy than keeping the pod plugged in.
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Posts: 82 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Dec 2012 at 5:55pm
We got a tender battery charger. No problem with it getting hot
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I'm using a solar trickle charger 12 inch X 12 in. Let Mother Nature do the work.
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We store the battery in the garage and hook it up to a trickler charger,works fine. Oh it's called battery tender,cheap to buy under $20.00
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