Electrical system discharging WAY too quickly
I’m having an issue with my electrical setup. A few days ago my system began going from a full charge to 50% overnight instead of in it’s usual ~3 days. We have been on the road for a little over 4 mo...
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I had an Everstart fail in a strange manner at 23 months of age. Normal voltage indicated it was healthy and fully charged, but put a 3 amp load on it and it went down to 9.x volts.
Remove the load and it rebounded to 12.8v in seconds. One would think the Bosch load tester would have found this issue though, in your case.
It was in a hardwire parallel with another battery at the time which was carrying most of the work, but at a lower than expected voltage. That other battery, another everstart, was removed from cyclic duties and lasted another 5 years in an engine starting only capacity. I think I caught it pretty early.
best of luck in troubleshooting. Let us know what you eventually find.
One possibility is the compressor on the fridge is failing and sucking way more juice than when it was new. Do you have a clamp on Ammeter?
Remove the load and it rebounded to 12.8v in seconds. One would think the Bosch load tester would have found this issue though, in your case.
It was in a hardwire parallel with another battery at the time which was carrying most of the work, but at a lower than expected voltage. That other battery, another everstart, was removed from cyclic duties and lasted another 5 years in an engine starting only capacity. I think I caught it pretty early.
best of luck in troubleshooting. Let us know what you eventually find.
One possibility is the compressor on the fridge is failing and sucking way more juice than when it was new. Do you have a clamp on Ammeter?
