Bought a camper (isn't a pod)

Bought A Camper (isn't a R-pod) would that make a good discussion forum for the front page?    

Originally posted by David and Danette Bought A Camper (isn't a R-pod) would that make a good discussion forum for the front page?

I'm betting they had a wooden stove cover

I discovered something last night while doing some work on the Salem.  When we did a test camp a few weeks ago, no hookups, I wondered why the lights were noticably dimmer by the 2nd day.  I forgot my voltage meter so I couldn't do an actual voltage reading, but with incandescent lights its easy to get a seat-of-the-pants low/med/high reading.  When I ran the generator they were back to full brightness so I could compare, plus that confirmed there wasn't a wiring issue somewhere.  New battery which I had purchased for the pod before this summer's big trip, it was fully charged before we left, plus a good charge line on the TV, and the fridge doesn't even have a DC mode so I didn't accidentally kill the battery that way.  We were careful about not using too many lights and turning them off (I've now switched to LED lights).  So that eliminates just about every reason.

Doug,

We tech types who have moved on to bigger campers (Camplite 21) with a bigger fridge (Dometic 7 cu ft) ran head on into this issue. These new Dometics have a 6 watt wire heater that runs off 12 VDC 24/7 and has no switch. They call it a "feature". They used to provide a switch, but either cost or customer confusion led them to delete it. Now it sucks 12 AH per day with no hint in the manual. Several of us have now installed switches to disable same when on battery power.  Welcome to the bigger world.