Jeep battery dead after towing
We flat tow our 2014 Jeep Wrangler and have for years. The last two times we towed, we couldn't start the Jeep without a jump. After the first time I took it to the Jeep dealer and had the battery, al...
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"when your disconnect is on the negative, the battery can't be discharged. it is making a ground some how.
I agree, which makes you wonder if the cutoff switch has some continuity through it somehow. The Parasitic test would help to prove that out if its performed. I bet either the minute you plug in the MH the meter would show a current draw. Or if something else is wired direct to the battery and touching the battery side of the disconnected switch. That could in effect provide a ground path back through that connected devise and be working right around the disconnected switch to provide a ground. I also agree just physically disconnecting the negative side of the battery cable would probably stop the whole issue.
I agree, which makes you wonder if the cutoff switch has some continuity through it somehow. The Parasitic test would help to prove that out if its performed. I bet either the minute you plug in the MH the meter would show a current draw. Or if something else is wired direct to the battery and touching the battery side of the disconnected switch. That could in effect provide a ground path back through that connected devise and be working right around the disconnected switch to provide a ground. I also agree just physically disconnecting the negative side of the battery cable would probably stop the whole issue.
