parasitic drain
My rv has a 12 volt valve for the propane tank with to much parasitic drain, is there a way to leave the valve in the open position without the battery drain? ( it has a manual shut off) I tried a lar...
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cdcorpe wrote:
It is not tied to the detector, just a switch to turn off when refilling & when in storage.
IF that is true....important IF....and you can fairly easily reach the manual cutoff valve, then I see no good reason for it being there.
One safety possibility remains, however unlikely it may be:
What if some of the "appliances" that use propane would continue to try and work but not ignite if the battery goes dead, thereby "leaking" gas into the living space ?
I suspect this is just a "standard" configuration that was really designed for a different model where you could NOT easily reach the manual valve.
