Issues with solar panel
We bought the camper used a couple of years ago. It has a solar panel on the top that is wired to a controller under the sink and then two leads going to the battery.
I bought a new battery a couple of months ago. When I installed it I didn't hook up the two wire to the solar panel. We used the camper a few times an everything worked great.
A couple weeks ago I decided to hook up the solar panel wires again. We went out to start getting ready for a trip and everything was dead. I forgot to pull the disconnect switch. Well, I plugged the camper into the barn to charge it back up. After a day I went out and was going to use the electric jacks to raise the camper to mow under it. The jacks wouldn't work. Just clicked like the battery was dead.
I made sure the disconnect switch was on. Still no luck. I decided to unhook the solar panel wires from the battery since it worked before that. Withing a few minutes everything was working again like it should.
Why would having the solar panel hooked up to the battery cause it to not charge?
I bought a new battery a couple of months ago. When I installed it I didn't hook up the two wire to the solar panel. We used the camper a few times an everything worked great.
A couple weeks ago I decided to hook up the solar panel wires again. We went out to start getting ready for a trip and everything was dead. I forgot to pull the disconnect switch. Well, I plugged the camper into the barn to charge it back up. After a day I went out and was going to use the electric jacks to raise the camper to mow under it. The jacks wouldn't work. Just clicked like the battery was dead.
I made sure the disconnect switch was on. Still no luck. I decided to unhook the solar panel wires from the battery since it worked before that. Withing a few minutes everything was working again like it should.
Why would having the solar panel hooked up to the battery cause it to not charge?
