Hot Ground???
Alright, so after replacing my batteries I thought that our problems were solved. Especially when we arrived after two weeks to fully charged batteries in the storage yard(The refrigerator was hot how...
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buylow12 wrote:
This is from my batteries, the 12v DC system. With the ground wire off all my 12v equipment stopped working. From the negative terminal to the ground with all the fuses in I was getting 10 amps or so. From negative terminal to negative wire I was getting 0.75 amps. This seems clearly wrong from what I have read and sounds like a hot ground. However I'm confused, as I said above. I just want to be able to boondock without watching my batteries rapidly discharge.
Tim Czarkowski
Totaltravelers.com
Where does the negative wire go? Does it attach to the frame? If so, you do have a bad ground. That said, you can and probably did find the problem using your ammeter setting. Not the best way to find the problem. Very easy to damage your meter and/or equipment. A better method is using volt meter setting. In the 60 years I have been using VOMs I have toasted a few:B That bad ground may have limited the current to your fridge. I would check both the ground at the battery and the ground at the fridge.
