To answer your question, yes the lights, water pump, and furnace should work without batteries, but the process of removing the batteries may have left the converter disconnected from the trailer. If the trailer has a battery disconnect or "kill" switch, it may have to be in the ON position for things to work, even from the converter on shore power.
Another concern would be that the older converters were very poorly regulated and needed the batteries to filter their output. Lights probably don't care, but any delicate electronics might.
Al
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