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joebedford
Nomad II
Apr 07, 2018

Do battery cutoffs and auto-reset breakers ...

...fail in such a way that they reduce battery capacity? I put a brand new battery in my rig but this morning 20 minutes of furnace dropped the voltage enough that the main circuit breaker tripped ...
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BFL13
Explorer II
Apr 07, 2018
AFAIK ? You need a current to get a voltage drop. Seems like there must be a big current to get that big of a drop? Short? I still suspect the wiring from installing the new battery. If one of them is shorting (somewhat, but not completely if that is possible) could that do it?

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