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:
The one thing I forgot to add is that it drains very quickly when sitting. When we returned home the battery went dead (from a full charge after being on a 30amp hook up) within 2 hours. I was thinking of adding a second battery to help us get through the night for the furnace but knew I should figure out this issue first. Any previous camper we have had has never had an issue with the battery draining this fast. Any idea what would be causing the draw coming from the fridge?
for a battery to go dead that quick either the battery is bad, or the charger is bad. to discharge even a single 12V battery in two hours means a significant draw, on the order of 30 or more amps. not very likely.
Or you have the typical WFCO converter which contrary to the spec's will take several days to get even close to a full charge into a single battery, and even at that NOT a full charge. they almost always charge at 13.6V constant voltage mode, not the 45A constant current mode, which gives very very low charging current. Getting them to do the 45A bulk charge is usually an excersise in futility.
