Batteries losing charge while in storage
My four six volt AGM batteries are losing there charge while the trailer is parked in storage. I disconnected all the wires from the positive terminal but still find them slowly discharging. In a se...
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With today's electronics and stereo 2 farad capacitors you have to be careful. You can cut off a correctly wired switch and there may still be power showing for quite awhile afterward until the capacitor bleeds down. Inverter caps also delay system voltage bleed down.
Many years ago I wired a Vogue motor home. I installed a marine grade high amperage switch. The owner subsequently added more stuff and removed electrical items. One day he and BH awoke to the smell of electrical smoke. They dashed to the door (where the switch was) turned it off and exited. Later on he found out he had forgotten to fuse his newly installed leveler system. He had connected the wires to the power bus bars after the switch. One of the leveler wires got pinched and shorted.
BUT BUT BUT
With today's electronics and stereo 2 farad capacitors you have to be careful. You can cut off a correctly wired switch and there may still be power showing for quite awhile afterward until the capacitor bleeds down. Inverter caps also delay system voltage bleed down.
Many years ago I wired a Vogue motor home. I installed a marine grade high amperage switch. The owner subsequently added more stuff and removed electrical items. One day he and BH awoke to the smell of electrical smoke. They dashed to the door (where the switch was) turned it off and exited. Later on he found out he had forgotten to fuse his newly installed leveler system. He had connected the wires to the power bus bars after the switch. One of the leveler wires got pinched and shorted.
