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BobsYourUncle
Nomad
Aug 22, 2019

Batteries drained to dead, what is nominal drain on truck?

18 days into a 3 week holiday, things were mostly well until this morning, sigh, here we go again.... Parked the truck at the campsite day before yesterday afternoon. Didn't run it yesterday. Went ...
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BFL13
Explorer II
Aug 23, 2019
JiminDenver wrote:
Bob, get a DC clamp meter. So much easier.

I wonder if the smell is a a ventilation door actuator that gets stuck on and resets itself once the battery goes dead. I would not think it would happen with the key off but who knows. It certainly sounds like a electrical part is hot but not burning.


There is a blast from the past! Good to know you are still in the game. :)

BTW my Eco-Worthy is still slaving away, doing a good job on my 275w panel. That was good advice you gave back then.

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