Battery Issue with stored Fiver

There is a parasitic draw from the CO detector, radio, etc. On a 2014 you likely have a battery disconnect installed. If not unhook the negative battery cable when not in use until you can find one. What kind of fiver is it? Someone may know if a disconnect is installed.

To be fully disconnected, you have to have a disconnect switch right at the battery, or disconnect a battery cable.

Jerry

There is "parasitic" draw on your battery all the time. Your converter, your CO detector, the electronics in the refrigerator, and your radio to name just a few.

If you have a battery cut-off, this will help. But it's possible, even with the cut-off switch, there could still be something drawing from the battery. The only "sure" way is to disconnect the battery, unless you can completely test your cut-off switch for 100% battery feed OFF to the trailer.

There are many what is called parasitic drains like the Co detector, several electronic control boards, etc.. still running from your battery with everything turned off. They all add up and will slowly drain your battery.

The best bet is just pull the NEGATIVE (-) battery terminal when it is parked for awhile.

A fully charged battery will last a few months just sitting there. Come around every three weeks or so and check its status and re-charge if necessary using a small generator...

Continually running your battery down to just 12.0VDC without re-charging will eventually do harm to your battery.

Roy Ken

It's a Montana

It never sits more than a month if that helps

jayhardy wrote:
It never sits more than a month if that helps

Converter draw. Disconnect the negative side of the battery. And if anyone would like to chime in about why most say disconnect the negative please reply as I type slow.

In 11 1/2 years of storing my previous fiver I NEVER had a battery issue after switching to disconnect (even after 7+ weeks).

Left the new trailer in storage and went to pick it up ~3 weeks later. Batteries were drained :( Not a happy camper.

azjeffh wrote:
In 11 1/2 years of storing my previous fiver I NEVER had a battery issue after switching to disconnect (even after 7+ weeks).

Left the new trailer in storage and went to pick it up ~3 weeks later. Batteries were drained :( Not a happy camper.

I learned that hard lesson, too. :-( The other hard lesson I learned was that the converter won't charge the batteries when plugged in if I leave my disconnect OFF. :-(

Lyle

laknox wrote:

azjeffh wrote:
In 11 1/2 years of storing my previous fiver I NEVER had a battery issue after switching to disconnect (even after 7+ weeks).

Left the new trailer in storage and went to pick it up ~3 weeks later. Batteries were drained :( Not a happy camper.

I learned that hard lesson, too. :-( The other hard lesson I learned was that the converter won't charge the batteries when plugged in if I leave my disconnect OFF. :-(

Lyle

Went we got our 2005 Copper Canyon found the battery would drain in about 3 weeks. I installed my own disconnect on the positive side right at the battery, last at least a couple months, and we typicality have run the slides in ant out a couple times during that time.