Are my Batteries going bad?
My two 6V Batteries were installed in my DRV in early 2015 when new. They have no labeling to tell brand. I would guess they are 4 years from mfg date or even older now. Normally I can drive for ...
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camperguy99 wrote:
Unless you have increased the wire size from the truck to the 5th wheel I doubt if you are actually doing ANY charging going down the road. Between the frig and current draw of the even unloaded inverter could eat up all the available current from the trucks alternator. Been there done that. I had to parallel additional 10 ga wire from the truck back to the 5th wheel battery bank. Before about 7-8 amps, after greater than 20 amps. A clamp on current probe would answer all the questions.
As I mentioned up until this trip the frig stayed right on 0 and 38. It stayed that way on a continuous trip of over 30 hours. The truck does keep the batteries charged. The 1,000 watt inverter does a fine job also. I am convinced the batteries at 4 years are the issue.
