No power off battery
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Topic: No power off battery
Posted By: Gaylen
Subject: No power off battery
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 1:47pm
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Greetings. New to the forum and I can't find our particular problem addressed. Unplugged the r-pod (178) from the pedestal and had no power to anything. Checked fuses and circuit breakers, when plugged back in the converter starts humming a few seconds and all normal. Battery reads fully charged. Can't find any bad or loose connections following from battery along under frame. I think I may be missing something simple?  Thanks ------------- Happy Trails |
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 2:05pm
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If you are unplugged from the pedestal, you will not have 110V power. The battery only powers things that use 12V, that being lights, bathroom fan, refrigerator circuits, furnace, thermostat, USB and/or 12V outlets (if equipped). There is no inverter to convert 12V power to 110V power. To have 110V AC power, you need to be plugged in to shore power (pedastal or RV outlet), have a generator running and be plugged into it, or solar panels and lots of battery capacity and an inverter. This last one is impractical unless you want to spend a lot of money on Lithium (Iron Phosphate) batteries to gain a large capacity with a much lower weight and size than lead acid batteries would require. You would be better off buying a generator such as Harbor Freight's Predator 3500 Inverter Generator for the times you need AC power and do not have shore power available. ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: Our pod
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 2:14pm
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Are you checking the battery status while plugged in to the pedestal? If so, it will read as 100%. It may be your battery has failed or is improperly connected. ------------- Life is good. |
Posted By: Gaylen
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 2:32pm
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found the problem. stupid simple. ------------- Happy Trails |
Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 2:38pm
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What was it? ------------- Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 2:39pm
We like to hear the answer, for future needs and as a learning event.. ------------- |