power draw?

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   There is a 100-200 or so milliamp load on the 12v circuit all the time. So after a couple of weeks even a fully charged battery will be discharged. To avoid that you either need to leave the battery on charge all the time (via the converter/charger or a small solar module/charge controller)

. Or you can disconnect the battery but after several weeks it will need to be recharged due to self-discharge.

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offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Topic: power draw? Posted: 25 Jun 2021 at 1:35pm
	There is a 100-200 or so milliamp load on the 12v circuit all the time. So after a couple of weeks even a fully charged battery will be discharged. To avoid that you either need to leave the battery on charge all the time (via the converter/charger or a small solar module/charge controller) . Or you can disconnect the battery but after several weeks it will need to be recharged due to self-discharge.
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debndave Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 May 2021 Location: MA Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Posted: 25 Jun 2021 at 12:16pm
	hi everyone - so, after getting home from the last trip i parked the pod and moved it out of the way (deliveries etc). I thought I had everything turned off but passing by this morning I heard the CO detector chirping away. I believe this is normal for when the power is low, but I'm mystified as to what might be the cause. It seems like everything was turned off when it got parked but sure enough, not only is the CO chirping but none of the interior lights are coming on, indicating the battery is low/spent. i'm plugging it back in, which gets the lights back on and stops the chirping, but now I'm wondering what's drawing power when everything appears to be shut down. Any ideas what I should be looking for/checking? david
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