Batteries lose power after coming home??? |
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GlueGuy
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Topic: Batteries lose power after coming home??? Posted: 14 Oct 2021 at 10:12am |
My guess is that there is something up with your converter. I would double-check fuses and circuit breakers to make sure it's charging.
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2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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brownjen
Newbie Joined: 27 Sep 2020 Location: Vermont Online Status: Offline Posts: 14 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Oct 2021 at 9:27am |
It has happened 2 times!
I have two 12v batteries hooked in parallel.
We take our R-pod RP-180 on a 2 - 4 day camping trip. Boondoggle. Don't use the lights, or radio, or water heater or water pump too much. Seem to have plenty of electric to get us thru. We drive 2 - 4 hours home (which should be charging the batteries). We get home and the batteries read just about what they did when we hooked up to leave our campsite. (ie 12.04 the last trip when I actually took a reading as we broke camp) We arrive home and the batteries read 12.04. I disconnect from the tow vehicle and plug into shore power. Two days later we notice the LED lights are quite dim in the camper when you turn them on. Nothing is running in the camper. No fridge, lights, radio, furnace... nothing. I take a voltage reading 8.40 volts!! An no, the electric brake emergency cable has NOT been pulled. -- that happened once as we arrived at a campsite, so I know to look for that. So what is drawing down the batteries even though we are plugged in??? Only thing I can guess is that I BACK into our site at home, and the truck emergecy brake engages. I unplug from the vehicle and that the Rpod electric brake is somehow remaining engaged???? Seems far-fetched. Any ideas? Ken |
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Ken in Vermont
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