Did I ruin my water heater, please help!

pbeverly wrote:

NErunner wrote:

wnjj wrote:

BB_TX wrote:

NErunner wrote:

K Charles wrote:
There is a lot of stuff running your battery down even when everything is off. Rather plug in the camper to keep the battery charged or disconnect it to keep it from going dead.

Thanks, learned something else today, it does have a battery disconnect plug, I'll just do that between trips.

The battery disconnect switch disconnects most everything from the battery, but not everything. If you will not be plugged in more than a few days then remove the battery ground cable to cut off everything. Or add a new disconnect at the battery itself to make full disconnect easier. Else the battery will discharge.

I would not suggest doing either of those unless you have a guaranteed way to remember it's disconnected. If you take off down the road with the battery cable disconnected or a switch there you will not have a battery in the system which is required for emergency breakaway. The factory disconnect should leave the brakes intact.

During orientation when I got the camper, the guy recommended using the battery disconnect before the off season only (winter). He said the battery should keep charged during the camping season as long as I make sure the 2 fridges (indoor and outdoor) and lights are turned off, which they were, so I'm not sure what is draining my battery.

Carbon monoxide detector are good at running batteries down.