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helperzack
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Sep 14, 2013

New house battery, now steps & inverter not working.....

I just put a new house battery into my motorhome and now the steps don't work. I am not certain that my inverter is working either. It has been 2 days and my battery says only half power on my p...
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westend
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Sep 15, 2013
Sounds like you have more than one issue. First, check your converter with a handheld meter. When powered, the converter should be 13.xx volts at a minimum.

If you had a shorted cell in a battery and tried to operate a device (like the steps), the amperage may have been high enough to either burn a wire or fry the device, if it's not fuse protected.

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