Disconnect battery when not using?
We use out trailer every 3 weeks or so. Battery is always dead when we get back out even after 1-2 weeks. Replacing it since it’s going bad but wondering with the new if I should be disconnecting fo...
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ktmrfs wrote:
most likely the reason the battery is discharging so fast is that in most trailers the radio is on "standby" at all times, and will draw enough current to discharge a battery or even a pair in a few weeks. Also their is some much smaller drain from a 12V CO detector and/or 12V powered smoke detector.
So.... either disconnect the battery, install a disconnect switch, or pull the fuse for the radio when in storage.
Yeah,
Though I was thinking that 3 weeks is not very long to completely drain the battery. Your car has a radio and the car will go 3 weeks without the battery going dead.
Maybe it would be easier to install a switch in the radios power wire and the propane detector rather then putting a switch on the battery.
And, Maybe you have a short somewhere else and should trace it down.
