Any Electrical Wizards Out There?

Calisdad wrote:

YC 1 wrote:
Sick batteries, (found even when new, can die internally in a couple of days with that much draw. I suspect your solar panel cannot actually keep up with the draw.

Testing my understanding here. Did you measure "volts" across the contacts of the fuse. Measuring current is fine this way. Trying to understand your statement about 1.4 Volts.

Yes- I measured the current by putting the pin contacts in place of the fuse. All the rest gave me little to no reading but the green lighting/refer circuit read 1.4volts.

I would have thought a new battery would charge up higher than 13.2volts. I took 2 days to charge it. My charger has a 6volt and 2 volt switch so I'd trickle charge it for a couple hours, let it set and do it again, probably giving it 10 hours of charge in 2 days. For reasons stated I'm not going to mix wet and AGM batteries. I do have another good wet battery that I'll install with a battery switch but I have to make a place for it outside. Having said that you don't suppose my red top chassis battery will be an issue? It's separated by a solenoid and charged by the alternator.

Ebay says my new light switches are sitting in my PO box. They will get changed out this week. I got lighted ones so we will know if we left something on like the porch lite. That's the one light usually left on if one is.