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Can this be done? Or is it verboten. I believe I've read that solar charging settups are being used, but I thought I read that charging the battery with the fridge hooked to said battery was not the best idea. Is this just the case while charging off a generator, or actual 110v charger?
Any clarity on this would ge fantastic.
Thanks
Mayne
Charging a battery while also running loads from it is perfectly OK, provided, as toymaster already noted, that the charger can put out enough power to supply all the loads and have something left over to feed the battery.
There is an issue if you are running loads while charging a battery with a
3-stage charger.
The issue is that many (most really) 3-stage chargers determine when to end the absorb stage by monitoring the amp flow. When the flow drops below a certain point (usually 1a-3a or so), the charger ends the absorb stage and switches to float stage.
If you have a few amps of loads running, the amp flow never does drop below the threshold, and the charger gets "fooled" into staying in absorb mode. This results in the battery getting%