12 volt electrical
had a 12v electrical drain in camper, seem to have found the issue, but in the process of elimination found another puzzling issue. have a WFCO elec. box. **the camper was not hooked up to shore pow...
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SoundGuy wrote:handye9 wrote:
There is a control board in both the refridgerator and furnace. These boards draw some power even when the unit is turned off.
:h That would be news to me ... can you substantiate that with a link to documentation indicating this is so? Not challenging you, just interested, as I'm quite careful about controlling parasitic draw in our trailer, even added kill switches to the radio and TV antenna system, also the climate control heater in the fridge. Nothing runs in our trailer unless I know about it, including the fridge and furnace, so if I'm mistaken I'd like to know about it. :?
I can't say if you're mistaken, or if I am. I was repeating something I had seen in other threads.
Your question got my curiousity going, and I spent most of this morning, trying to find something in writing. So far, what I found by searching the web for RV parasitic draws, was more forum threads, on various RV sites, discussing this same topic. Some of those threads mentioned inverters, televisions (12 volt), radios, CO2 detectors, circuit boards on newer water heaters, air conditioners, funnaces, refridgerators, and the newer fuse panels, with the LED (the little light that comes on when a fuse is blown) indicators.
I even called Dometic and talked to two different reps. One said they do have a parasitic draw, and the other said they don't.
Where it actually says yes, no, or a specific quantity, I can't find it.
Maybe, one of our electrical wizzards will know.
