AMP Draw Issues
Good morning Folks! I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction... We have a 2005 Keystone Outback 26RS travel trailer and did our first dry camping last week. When the heat quit about ...
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bankerae wrote:theoldwizard1 wrote:bankerae wrote:
I am getting the 650MA draw with fridge turned OFF, not ON. When I remove the fuse for the fridge it drops to 110MA which I believe is in the normal range for nothing runningbankerae wrote:smkettner wrote:
So apparently the fridge still draws power when on or off. Fridge is on when camping so that is what matters.
good point! I need to see what it draws when turned on, which I have not done yet. However, I still have an issue if when turned off it kills my battery in a few short hours when parked.
I don't know why a 'fridge, running on propane, would draw any power ! Even with electronic ignition, 650ma seems like a lot.
This UNI-T UT210E amp clamp is <$35 !
I agree! So I just checked it in the "ON" propane position and I jump up another 350MA. So to be clear...
When the fridge is turned "OFF" it pulls 540MA and when it is "ON" in the propane mode it jumps to 890MA total, or an increase in 350MA... Something is not right here :?
I think you are headed down the wrong path. 650ma, IOW 0.650amps is NOT going to kill a battery is a couple of hours. My guess is
1) Your battery is not being charged in the first place.
2) You have bad connections somewhere.
3) Your battery is shot.
If you are actually reading 6.5Amps with everything turned off, THEN I would be concerned. But even at that rate, your battery should last 8 - 10 hours.
