Converter\Power Center Concern\Question
Last night I went to the trailer to turn on the fridge for this weekends trip. I connected the battery (12v new this year) and went inside to turn on the fridge and quickly found out there was no pow...
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A handheld multimeter is a good tool to have for checking battery state of charge and diagnosing electrical issues. They are inexpensive.
If your battery is fully charged and when shore power is first disconnected, you shouldn't have lights dimming. If that has been an ongoing refrain, you might have some bad connections to the battery or a partly discharged battery. Depending on how a new battery has been handled (initial state of charge, time on dealer shelf, etc,) it will probably not be fully charged when you buy it.
You really need to get a meter and measure the voltage at the battery terminals when at rest and when the converter is operating. Everything else is guess work.
If your battery is fully charged and when shore power is first disconnected, you shouldn't have lights dimming. If that has been an ongoing refrain, you might have some bad connections to the battery or a partly discharged battery. Depending on how a new battery has been handled (initial state of charge, time on dealer shelf, etc,) it will probably not be fully charged when you buy it.
You really need to get a meter and measure the voltage at the battery terminals when at rest and when the converter is operating. Everything else is guess work.
