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mojoroo
Explorer
Jun 09, 2013

Battery shows 3/4 on shore power. Full on charger?

I noticed that my battery when on shore power is showing 1/2-3/4 power. So I took it out, checked water and added a little, plugged it into my charger and in 4 minutes it showed that it was fully char...
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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Jun 11, 2013
It may just be the power path in your RV

For example, in my "House" the batteries are up front under the steps.
The converter as far back as possible and on the other side

The fuse block perhaps 10 feet from the converter and 30-40 (Wire run wise) from the batteries.. The monitor is hooked to the fuse block.

So if I have lights or fans or other 12 volt eaters on there is voltage drop to the fuse block with the batteries alone, dang little with the converter.

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