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cody91 
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Joined: 12 Feb 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 184 |
 Topic: Battery drain on R178Posted: 26 Mar 2015 at 2:55pm |
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Has anyone figured out a quick way to prevent the parasitic drain on the battery when the keeping the Rpod in storage? I realize the microwave clock and the gas detectors are slowly drawing off the battery and perhaps pulling a fuse or disconnecting a wire would stop this. Any thoughts?
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freezingalaskan
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Joined: 20 Mar 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 34 |
Posted: 26 Mar 2015 at 3:40pm |
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Either put a kill switch by the battery (have not yet installed mine), or get a solar panel hooked up to trickle charge your battery. Or, as you say, you could probably also pull a fuse but I have not researched that.
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp 
Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 26 Mar 2015 at 4:36pm |
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It's not the microwave clock.. It's 120v.
BUT there are several 12v parasitic loads. If you can't / don't store where you can stay plugged in, a battery cut off is the answer. Ours is a "Hella" brand.  |
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 26 Mar 2015 at 8:08pm |
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And then make sure the battery is recharged overnight every 30 days. Reconnect the battery and plug in the pod overnight (then disconnect both again).
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dsmiths
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Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866 |
Posted: 26 Mar 2015 at 8:23pm |
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The LP gas detector is a current hog. you can pull the 12 volt fuse for it, or take the battery out and keep it at home on a trickle charger if where you stow the pod has no 110 volt source.
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Battery drain on R178