Battery question while in RV park
We are on a 2 month road trip right now. So when we left our last park I unhooked from shore power before bringing in the slide or hooking up. I barely got the slide in under battery power and had no ...
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Using a mulitmeter measure across the battery terminals with shore disconnected it read 12.6-7VDC if the battery is fully charged.
Then go turn on the shore power. Your battery reading at the terminals should jump to 13.6VDC telling you that the converter/charger is working. Your DC VOLTAGE may be as high as 14.4VDC depending what mode the converter/charger is in if it is a smart mode charging system.
If you DO NOT see this increase in DC VOLTAGE then you have a disconnect somewhere between the battery and the converter/charger. Might be an inline fuse, bad connection, or the REVERSE POLARITY fuses on the power distribution panel.
Being 13.6VDC only it will take 24 hours or so to re-charge your battery to its 100% capacity.
If the DC VOLTAGE goes to 14.4VDC when the converter/charger is turned ON (connected) it will bring your battery back to 90% charge state in about three hours... You can get almost all of your battery performance running at 90% but you really need to get it to 100% charge as soon as you can.
Roy Ken
Then go turn on the shore power. Your battery reading at the terminals should jump to 13.6VDC telling you that the converter/charger is working. Your DC VOLTAGE may be as high as 14.4VDC depending what mode the converter/charger is in if it is a smart mode charging system.
If you DO NOT see this increase in DC VOLTAGE then you have a disconnect somewhere between the battery and the converter/charger. Might be an inline fuse, bad connection, or the REVERSE POLARITY fuses on the power distribution panel.
Being 13.6VDC only it will take 24 hours or so to re-charge your battery to its 100% capacity.
If the DC VOLTAGE goes to 14.4VDC when the converter/charger is turned ON (connected) it will bring your battery back to 90% charge state in about three hours... You can get almost all of your battery performance running at 90% but you really need to get it to 100% charge as soon as you can.
Roy Ken
