Norcold 12cu Drains Battery on LP
Good day all, Looking for some advice. We just upgraded to a 2022 Crusader 305rlp fifth wheel. We park our rig in storage with no access to shore power. We have always gone to storage and turned o...
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ramsaymike wrote:2112 wrote:The monitor and DMM do not have the same application. That LCD monitor should be standard in every RV. No use guessing what is going on when you can have the real data - accurate DC voltage, current and energy flows. The OP would have seen the real cause of the problem immediately.Thermoguy wrote:LMAO
Please get a volt meter - one better than the $15 one...
Or get one of these:
LCD Display
You're saying buy a $17 panel mount monitor with external shunt rather than buying a $15 handheld DMM for troubleshooting? Really
Not necessarily true.
Not "everyone" will know, understand or interpret correctly what a more complex battery monitor readout shows and that will end up causing a flood of non issues to blow out of proportion for the manufacturers and dealers and even lead to amateur "sparkies" to needlessly replace parts.
There is a reason many auto manufacturers buffer their gauges or only provide "idiot" lights.
For the average non sparky, a basic "go/no go" simplified battery indicator included with most RVs will work just fine.
