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Shwthomas1975
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Apr 08, 2014

Going to try to explain this....LOL...Need help

Morning.....First camping trip was last weekend in our hybrid trailer. No power so used battery and generator. Last year the battery would last quite a while. This time it lasted til about midn...
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beemerphile1
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Apr 08, 2014
MNtundraRet wrote:

...I suspect you have not been monitoring battery condition with a multi-meter (tested @ battery-terminals). Your battery most likely did not get recharged "fully" most times during the first camping season and while stored.

Your battery may be sulfated from misuse and has much lower capacity from when new.


True that and we also don't know what abuse the battery suffered during the winter.

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