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    Posted: 19 Jun 2017 at 7:52pm
Some of your questions I can't answer because I don't even know these basics. I know, pathetic! When I got the walk-through at the dealer, I didn't get any real info about using the solar. I have made an appt for Friday for the dealer to explain all of this better.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2017 at 7:26pm
In addition to furpods thorough questions were your batteries fully charged when you left home?  How did you check your batteries to see if they were indeed fully charged?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2017 at 7:21pm
A) How much charge is your solar panel sending to the batteries?
B) What panel, controller, batteries?
C) If you had "dead" batteries, a two hour drive DID NOT any way shape or form, charge them to 100%.
D) what is on in the Pod when you are not using it?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2017 at 7:15pm
Hi There!

I've only had my 2017 Rpod 171 for a few months, so forgive me if this is a newbie mistake. I had a solar panel installed because I plan on a lot of state park camping.  Why then, are my batteries draining so that I have no power and my CO detector is alarming. I drove for 2 hours, charging my batteries to full absorption, but within 24 hours, everything is dead. What am I doing wrong?
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