Battery charging

[John R. Edwards]

I keep my motorhome at home connected up with a hook up. This lets me have a dehumidifier and heater connected up but it also means that the battery is continually on charge. Is this a good thing or not?
Obviously I can disconnect the charger by tripping the fuse to it but what's the best policy.
When I first had the van I left it on but then had a problem with the charger malfunctioning (and replaced under warranty eventually) so what's the best thing to do?

 

[funflair]

My guess is that it might depend on the type of charger as a decent three stage should be OK but some of the older less sophisticated types might not be.

Martin

 

[John R. Edwards]

Not sure how sophisticated or not the charger is but hopefully it's fairly modern as the van is only 3 years old