waking to dead new batteries
I am waking upon to dead batteries on the new house batteries. The last two nights I have been turning everything off when going to bed and waking to not enough charge in the batteries to start the g...
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Everything off, including the forced air furnace ?
Not much detail, but maybe the biggest surprise to new RVers is the reality of how long it takes to fully recharge 2 dead batteries. And how short the time it take to run them dead when using the furnace.
Do you have a voltmeter displaying the voltage all the time ? If not, install one,...they cost about 3-5 bucks off ebay. Also, you should install an ampmeter on the output of the converter charger, so that you can see how many amps are going into the batteries and electrical system, which in turn tells you when the generator should be shut down. Like the post above says, you are looking at at least 2 hrs minimum, probably more to charge 2 dead batteries, and that is using at least a 45-60 amp converter charger.
Not much detail, but maybe the biggest surprise to new RVers is the reality of how long it takes to fully recharge 2 dead batteries. And how short the time it take to run them dead when using the furnace.
Do you have a voltmeter displaying the voltage all the time ? If not, install one,...they cost about 3-5 bucks off ebay. Also, you should install an ampmeter on the output of the converter charger, so that you can see how many amps are going into the batteries and electrical system, which in turn tells you when the generator should be shut down. Like the post above says, you are looking at at least 2 hrs minimum, probably more to charge 2 dead batteries, and that is using at least a 45-60 amp converter charger.
