Automatic battery disconnect???
I just went to pick up my 5th wheel from the dealership as it's been there for a couple of weeks for warranty work. When I backed up to it to hook up, the landing gear needed to go up a few inches to ...
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othertonka wrote:jimtoo wrote:
No,,, it does not have an automatic battery disconnect switch.. If it sat there for 2 weeks the battery was dead due to parasitic drain. TV, fridge, radio,, alarms all have a parasitic drain on the battery.
And when you plugged in the 7 way, you were operating from the tow vehicle battery and the tow vehicle alternator also put a charge back into the battery. Look for a battery disconnect switch and turn it off when storing so it doesn't happen again.
Ditto the reples - no such thing as an "automatic disconnect".
However to add one more thought -
if the *manual* disconnect switch (battery compt) is set to "OFF",
depending on how the mfg wired the jacks.....
you will *not* have power from the on-board batts - but will have power from your tow vehicle when the 7-pin is connected.
(voice of "experience" and "Oops", LOL! - Batt charge was excellent, -had just checked 'em- but switch was off. Duh!)
BTW - good reminder, however! - Time to check the age - and ability to hold a charge of/for the trailer batts.
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