battery, charger or wiring issue?
First camping trip out this year and the battery does not work. We only have one battery. If the 120 volts is off, the battery cannot run anything and lights dim down to almost nothing. We are alwa...
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I'm not an expert at all, but I love reading battery/charging/solar type threads on here to try and learn things.
My guess is your converter is a newer smart converter since your TT is a 2014 model. Only seeing 13.7 V on a battery at low SOC makes me suspect WFCO converter. My WFCO, and based on what I've read most others as well, won't ever actually go into boost mode (14.4V) to quickly charge a low battery but it will go into float (13.2V) after a while if it senses a fully charged battery. Certainly worth verifying, but I think it means your converter works fine and presents no hazard to leave continuously plugged in. If you don't leave it continuously plugged in, you'll want to disconnect the battery when not in use. Or install solar.
It sat at a dealers not plugged in and battery died. You also state that you experience it going dead after a few days of being left unplugged. So I'm reading multiple severe depletions this past year. So despite it starting brand new, it took some beatings during that time and is now dead.
Phantom loads are propane detector and stereo in my camper. 0.2A seems reasonable for that. If the fridge is on gas, it is still drawing DC current for its control panel. Mine rated at 1A DC.
If you never dry camp, no use investing in too fancy of battery or multiple batteries. Also no need to upgrade the converter, unless it isn't a smart one and you plan on leaving it plugged in continuously. Otherwise disconnect the battery from the trailer when in storage for more than a day.
My guess is your converter is a newer smart converter since your TT is a 2014 model. Only seeing 13.7 V on a battery at low SOC makes me suspect WFCO converter. My WFCO, and based on what I've read most others as well, won't ever actually go into boost mode (14.4V) to quickly charge a low battery but it will go into float (13.2V) after a while if it senses a fully charged battery. Certainly worth verifying, but I think it means your converter works fine and presents no hazard to leave continuously plugged in. If you don't leave it continuously plugged in, you'll want to disconnect the battery when not in use. Or install solar.
It sat at a dealers not plugged in and battery died. You also state that you experience it going dead after a few days of being left unplugged. So I'm reading multiple severe depletions this past year. So despite it starting brand new, it took some beatings during that time and is now dead.
Phantom loads are propane detector and stereo in my camper. 0.2A seems reasonable for that. If the fridge is on gas, it is still drawing DC current for its control panel. Mine rated at 1A DC.
If you never dry camp, no use investing in too fancy of battery or multiple batteries. Also no need to upgrade the converter, unless it isn't a smart one and you plan on leaving it plugged in continuously. Otherwise disconnect the battery from the trailer when in storage for more than a day.
