Battery - Learned something new
The battery in our TT was 5 years old and I noticed the last couple of trips, the tongue jack seemed to be struggling a bit. I had a trip coming up and for weeks kept procrastinating on getting a new...
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ktmrfs wrote:
If your hooked to 120V, then you should also get 12V from the converter (on board battery charger). Check and make sure the 120V breaker connected to your converter is not tripped, or your battery will be dead again in short order.
Now, if the old battery had a shorted or dead cell or to, then the charger can't get the voltage up to around 11.5V or more, then the fridge and WH electronics won't let them turn on and it won't work even on 120V. Likewise for the furnace.
The first thing I checked were the breakers and fuses. As soon as I saw the state of the battery, I knew the battery was bad. I just never thought about things not working if I was plugged into shore power. After seeing the battery (no water on one side), I am sure I wasn't getting anywhere near 12 volts.
