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bjones3211
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Jul 21, 2016

battaries not holding up

I went dry camping for the first time in my new to me 2014 class c and to my surprise the batteries did not make it thru the night the next night the only thing I left on was 1 led light and the refrig. when I got up same thing batteries volts around 5.5 is this normal?

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  • Most "new to me" units come complete with dead batteries.
  • Bumpyroad wrote:
    I assume the water heater was not on electric?
    bumpy

    Do they make 12-volt electric water heaters? Or an inverter issue?
  • bjones3211 wrote:
    I went dry camping for the first time in my new to me 2014 class c and to my surprise the batteries did not make it thru the night the next night the only thing I left on was 1 led light and the refrig. when I got up same thing batteries volts around 5.5 is this normal?


    Is the fridge on 12V or propane? If it's on 12V that's likely your problem. That heating element draws a lot of juice - run it off of propane unless the engine is running to charge the batteries. When on shore power obviously use 110V.

    If the fridge is on propane and you're sure there's nothing else on to draw it down then you may need to replace the house batteries.