LP Detector electrical question.
We just bought an OLD class C and have been working on all of the systems to bring it back to life. One thing I know is that the house battery is dead, kaput, shot. But when we checked the breaker b...
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Okay Trails and Tails here is my take on your electrical situation. I don't think your lights are 120VAC, they are probably 12DC and when you pull the 15 amp fuse, you lose 12 VDC to one side of you rig. Not all things you might expect to be wired directly to the house battery will be. We have an on/off switch on our detector, it is not intended to be active all the time, it was designed to be active when the propane solenoid is activated and propane if flowing into the house. When that solenoid is deactivated, there isn't any propane flowing into the house.
Your detector is piggybacked onto the house light wiring. Rewiring to have it operated directly from the battery may or may not be simple but it is feasible. The only caveat is that to eliminate the parasitic draw you will have to remove the 5 amp fuse you would install when hooking directly to the battery or have an on/off switch to turn it off. Of course then you would have to remember to turn it on when using propane and off when you are done.
I think if you could find someone with set of schematics for you rig you would find it was designed to run off the converter or house battery whichever is providing power.
Your detector is piggybacked onto the house light wiring. Rewiring to have it operated directly from the battery may or may not be simple but it is feasible. The only caveat is that to eliminate the parasitic draw you will have to remove the 5 amp fuse you would install when hooking directly to the battery or have an on/off switch to turn it off. Of course then you would have to remember to turn it on when using propane and off when you are done.
I think if you could find someone with set of schematics for you rig you would find it was designed to run off the converter or house battery whichever is providing power.
