LP alarm beeping/low battery?
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Topic: LP alarm beeping/low battery?
Posted By: Shane
Subject: LP alarm beeping/low battery?
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 8:16pm
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I went to my pod today, I keep it in a secure storage area and noticed the LP alarm is beeping every 30 seconds or so, I did notice that the battery is almost dead, I did not do a disconnect of the battery, so was curious if its beeping due to the battery being almost depleted. ------------- ENGINE 55,TRUCK 44,BATALLION 12 |
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 8:20pm
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Yep ------------- Mike Carter 2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 8:29pm
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you have to either supply a charging capability or disconnect the battery. There are 12V draws that will deplete the battery when connected. ------------- Mike Carter 2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
Posted By: Shane
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 8:46pm
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I am going to add a disconnect to the unit before I winterize it. ------------- ENGINE 55,TRUCK 44,BATALLION 12 |
Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 9:23pm
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+1 good idea ------------- Mike Carter 2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
Posted By: codycountry
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 9:25pm
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LP alarm is down by the floor, by the bath-- at least it is on my 2013 model 177. It doesn't have a replaceable battery as do the two other alarms on the ceiling, the smoke and carbon monoxide one's. Those both have the 9 volt batteries. The LP alarm runs off of your camper battery and wears out after about five years and you need to pull it off and replace it with a new one, if this is what you are experiencing. There is no battery inside to replace, just the full hot wired unit. It has colored red green light codes to tell you what's going on with it, and reset buttons that will kill the warning for awhile. Reference the owner's manual for the specific brand of device. I just bought a new one last month off of Amazon for $58 bucks. It seems that they are only good for 4-5 yrs. before they fail. Or it could be that your camper trailer battery is dead.
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Posted By: Ghosthawk
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 7:18am
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My brand new 189 LP monitor started beeping too, sitting in my driveway, no shore power. Turns it out was warning of low battery, which drained it of course even faster. |
Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 9:58am
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I remove my battery for winter. I put it on a trickle charge every month. I figure it's not needed in the winter, but I can keep it charged up, and I also keep it from being out in zero degree weather. It might be ok to keep it outside in zero degree weather, but it's probably better to keep it in in the cellar that never gets down to freezing. ------------- 2017.5 Rp-172 2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
Posted By: Shane
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 10:38am
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It is a brand new detector and the battery is critically low, so I am assuming that's what it is I am going to put a charge on the battery and add a disconnect to my pod. I am planning on removing my battery when I do the final winterization, and keep it on a tender. Do not place your battery on a concrete floor, place it up on a block of wood to get it up off the floor. ------------- ENGINE 55,TRUCK 44,BATALLION 12 |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 11:13am
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Just a note, now that battery cases are made of plastic, you no longer have to worry about setting them on concrete..
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Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 11:18am
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When furpod says battery cases are [lastic he is referring to the one that the plates and acid are in from the factory, not the case on the front of the Pod. Batteries and concrete have not reacted for a number of years.
------------- Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2018 at 2:11pm
Darn it, batteries and concrete are ok now that battery cases aren't made of wood? another urban legend bites the dust  . If we keep exploding all these myths nothing will be any fun anymore. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 7:28pm
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[QUOTE=furpod]Just a note, now that battery cases are made of plastic, you no longer have to worry about setting them on concrete.. +2, +3 +4, +5 Yeppir, Furpod is 100% correct AGAIN. We have put our 2 12volt group size 24 batteries from our 177 on our CONCRETE floor inside our UNHEATED garage since November 2011, during the winter months, with no ill effects. All I do is trickle charge each at 2 amps for a day or until fully charged in November and check the water levels and add distilled water if any cells are low. They then sit there, all lonely while the winter winds blow, the snow flies and the temps get well below 0. Then, the following spring in April I do the same thing, trickle charge each for a day or two, check water levels and put back in the pod as soon as the snow melts so I can get the pod out of the horse barn out on the back 20 acres. ------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |