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FLGup
Explorer
May 26, 2015

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 battery for tongue jack until I hooked up to the truck and ran the motor. Hmmmm....dead battery or the TT isn't charging the battery. All worked once hooked to the truck.

Anyway, Now that we are setup in our new campsite, I need to remove the battery and take it somewhere to be tested.

Question? Can I leave the TT hooked to shore power and remove the battery or should I throw the main breaker first? I don't have a battery kill switch between the battery and TT.

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    2oldman
    Explorer II
    May 26, 2015
    If you have a converter breaker, just throw that. Danger is having the battery wires touching each other. Of course sans battery AND converter your fridge won't work.

    You don't really need to remove it. A simple voltmeter reading should suffice. Take that reading after battery sitting, not being charged, for about an hour. But, given your description, plus you figuring out how old it is, it's probably shot. Have you checked its water?

    And if you remove the battery, be sure to take a PICTURE of the wiring first!!

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