Truck Battery discharging overnight
Hoping you guys can help me. Ive got a 2013 class c Coachman on a Ford E450 super duty chassis. The truck battery, alternator, volt reg have been checked professionally several times this last wee...
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Additional thought..
A "self resetting" breaker can cause a "ticking" type of sound as it will break connection on overload then after the breaker cools down will reset back to normal closed automatically. A short on one of those types of breakers can cause a ticking sound but generally it will take a minute or more so the click would be very slow.. Sometimes auto reset breakers would be used for things like headlights where a fuse might not be a good idea since a fuse would leave you stranded in the dark with no headlights.
Charge lines between vehicle and house batteries are a possible application for a auto reset breaker although Ford does use a relay and fuse on charge lines on their trucks, not sure about E series..
A "self resetting" breaker can cause a "ticking" type of sound as it will break connection on overload then after the breaker cools down will reset back to normal closed automatically. A short on one of those types of breakers can cause a ticking sound but generally it will take a minute or more so the click would be very slow.. Sometimes auto reset breakers would be used for things like headlights where a fuse might not be a good idea since a fuse would leave you stranded in the dark with no headlights.
Charge lines between vehicle and house batteries are a possible application for a auto reset breaker although Ford does use a relay and fuse on charge lines on their trucks, not sure about E series..
