Does Shore Power Charge Batteries. Although generators can charge your house batteries its not what they are intended for and ideally you want a smart charger to help speed up the process and help maintain your house battery. While the camper is hooked up to shore power it will automatically begin to charge the battery and run your electrical appliances at the same time.
This method is simply the use of a battery charger. If the battery is off shore power runs the 12v items. Your house batteries do indeed charge when plugged into shore power.
Shore power in RVs usually means an external connection that will supply current to your vehicle.
When your trailer is hooked up to external AC power the converter system automatically charges the trailer batteries regardless of the battery disconnect switch position and if the 7-way cord is hooked up and depending on your vehicle your tow vehicle battery as well. Your house batteries do indeed charge when plugged into shore power. If shore power dropped out the inverter automatically trys to pick up the load. With that said its important to understand that plugging into an external power source will charge your house batteries but may or may not charge your chassis battery.
