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SJ-Chris
Explorer II
May 01, 2018

Batteries drained because lights left on...how bad is it?

I retrieved my RV from storage today where it had been for 14 days. When I entered the RV I immediately saw that the interior lights (LEDS) were on. Yikes! They were on for 14 days straight. I do ...
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MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
May 01, 2018
You should have heard the cooling fan and the battery voltage should have gone up substantially after several hours of charging. It is possible your charger has died, but that seems too coincidental. I bet your batteries have died and your charger will work just fine with new batteries. You can go to a battery shop and have them tested.

Troubleshooting error

Converter online and functioning would be heavily loaded by rationale of the voltage reading.

It is quite likely power to or from the converter has faulted

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