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kemeisland
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Feb 19, 2015

Coach battery seems drained after using generator.

Hello RV'ers! I'm a few weeks in to full-timing, in my '89 Mallard RV. I got the Onan generator working, finally, and realized that to use it I need to plug my 30-amp hookup into a jack in the powe...
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kemeisland
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Feb 20, 2015
And in answer to the main question coming up: when the rig is running, the house battery charges, as well as when the generator is running, and when the coach is hooked up to 30-am electrical.

The possibility of the fuel pump draining the battery is the only scenario that seems like it draws electricity from the house battery to me, but I agree that wouldn't actually drain the battery fully... I would think it charges faster than it is depleted too.

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