Help with Electrical
Brand new here, brand new to RV's --- HELP Recently acquired a 1989 Southwind, P-30. Was well taken care of its whole live. Owned it for 3 weeks and took it to a local shop to have it gone through,...
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Thanks for all the help everyone... I figured it out.
I had two problems:
1. The Battery Isolator was bad. I replaced it and upon inspection of the circuit board I saw a very faint carbon scar on one of the components... took it to a friend who works on circuit boards and he tested it... bad.
- charged the battery back up. Measured 13.5v. House batteries the same.
- with the refrigerator and entry step off... no change.
- With the Refrigerator on and entry step off there was no change.
- Then I turned the refrigerator back off and the entry step on... 2 hours later there was a voltage drop on the starting battery. THAT was what was draining the battery. On my RV, the entry step switch is connected to the starting battery.
I had two problems:
1. The Battery Isolator was bad. I replaced it and upon inspection of the circuit board I saw a very faint carbon scar on one of the components... took it to a friend who works on circuit boards and he tested it... bad.
- charged the battery back up. Measured 13.5v. House batteries the same.
- with the refrigerator and entry step off... no change.
- With the Refrigerator on and entry step off there was no change.
- Then I turned the refrigerator back off and the entry step on... 2 hours later there was a voltage drop on the starting battery. THAT was what was draining the battery. On my RV, the entry step switch is connected to the starting battery.
