My NAPA on board charger goes on automatically when I hook up to shore power. No on off switch.hopes this helps

Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
Newbury, Vermont 

> On Jan 13, 2015, at 7:38 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I have a question about this. I thought about doing this but gave up the
> idea when I realized that every time I p!ugged in shore power, I was going
> to have to open the cabinet and press a button to initiate the charge. On
> the Schumacher charger I had, it would not charge unless you made a
> selection of amperage. Is there a smart charger smart enough to do this
> automatically, or is there a dumb charger just smart enough to quit
> charging when it has done its job?
> 
> Jim
>> On Jan 13, 2015 5:31 AM, "Tim Whynot" <timwhy@msn.com> wrote:
>> 
>> With my Westy hooked up to shore power, I have two Schmaker 1.5 amp smart
>> chargers under the sink. They are connected to the start battery and the
>> other is connected to my aux battery bank (4 batteries). They are in place
>> year round but unplugged during the summer months as my solar takes over.
>> There are several brands that do the same thing, maybe check out a
>> Batteries Plus store and see what they offerm I picked mine up at walmart
>> for about $20 each.
>> 
>> Tim