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versicom
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Sep 21, 2014

Too much voltage from bedroom 12v cigarette lighter port??

My multimeter is telling me that the 12v outlet in my 5th wheel bedroom putting out way too much voltage for about 2 seconds and them drops to the normal 12v. It's cooking any 12v device I plug into i...
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skipnchar
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Sep 21, 2014
If you're only getting 12 volts from ANY 12 volt outlet then you have very low batteries (about 50% charged). Normal voltage at any 12 volt outlet should be around 12.6 volts with nothing charging the batteries at the time. Probably up around 13.5 to 14+ when batteries are being charged.

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