Battery Disconnect Confusion
Okay, so I went out on Monday to take off on my first trip in my (new to me) 2018 Leprechaun, and the engine battery was dead. Had to call for a jump start. So I learned if my coach is just sitting ...
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Captain_Happy wrote:
I use to own a Winnebago Vista that did the same thing your dealing with. Went through the whole rig looking for something that was causing a current draw Never did find one. so I just installed a knife blade type disconnect on the chassis battery terminal. That solved my problem
The same thing happened to my Jayco Greyhawk - - chassis/engine battery kept running down when stored - - long ago solved the problem with a knife switch on the battery.
Many motorhomes are wired so that when the coach is plugged into shore power, both the coach and chassis/engine battery are being charged. But that is not always the case. I have been RVing for 34 years and have owned 7 motorhomes. Only one was wired so that the converter did not charge the chassis/engine battery when plugged into shore power. I solved the problem on that motorhome by installing a small trickle charger directly connected to the engine battery. When I was plugged into shore power I ran an extension cord from the 20A plug on the pedestal to the charger. We were full-timing then so the problem only occurred when we camped for more than 4 days in one location & were most always plugged into shore power each night. The knife switch is a better long term solution if the rig spends anytime in storage.
