Electrical Issues - 1994 Wilderness 5th Wheel
Good afternoon everyone, first post but I have been reading this forum for a few years to help me along with my first camper purchase. We have a 1994 Wilderness 5th wheel that we bought fairly che...
Forum Discussion
Camperluver43 wrote:
As for the battery- I have one in the camper but its pretty much dead. It won't power the lights on by itsel anymore, should I replace this and see what happens?
Ironically, the only things that did work on the camper (besides the fan) was the tank level monitor lights.
If that dead battery has shorted cells, it will act as an extra large resistor, and, draw more 12 volt power (trying to recharge) than what your converter can put out. Thus, even when plugged into shore power, there is no 12 volt power to lights, thermostat, refrigerator control board, etc.
Disconnect the battery. Then, plug into shore power and see what systems work off the converter output.
