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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DesertHiker wrote:To check this remove the negative cable from your battery, set your multimeter to 10 amps and measure the amp reading between the negative cable and negative post. A reading of greater than 1 amp is too much parasitic draw and will drain your battery. Mine will read about .4 amps and will take weeks to draw down to 80% SOC. ECM as Bud stated and some other things will contribute to this draw. If the MH will not be used for several months just disconnect the neg cable and the parasitic draw is eliminated. You should never have to recharge your chassis battery for two weeks of camping but if you do when you run your genset to charge your house batteries put your key in the on position and your chassis battery will charge at the same time your house batteries are being charged. Once you measure what your parasitic draw is post it here and you will get help to find what is drawing your battery down.Krusty wrote:
I would try to figure out what is drawing the battery down and fix that. ie: If you have a dome lamp switch on the dash that controls a dome lamp that has its own remote switch, make sure the dash switch is not left in the on position.
How can I do this?
