Don't you LOVE electrical problems...
I put a new set of Sears Platinum batteries in my 2013 Eagle Cap in July 2013. I have 280 watts of solar running through a MPPT controller. My rig was in Yakima WA for several months earlier thi...
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pjay9 wrote:egarant wrote:
Everything works when plugged in or when I plug camper into the truck electrical. It is when I unplug the camper from the truck and try to use just the house batteries. All electrical is dead.
The truck doesn't get plugged into shore power.
Remember, these batteries were new and exhibited the same issue as the old batteries I replaced. That tells me that it is not the batteries but something else.
Correct me if I am wrong, I know you all will. BUT if you are plugged into the truck and the truck engine is not running or the ignition switch is off then there shouldn't be any change in your lack of power. (RIGHT?) If engine is running then you get charging power to the TC batteries and this will help you move the slide. (RIGHT?)
I once had low batteries in the TC and the slide creeped along...started truck and away it went. I will be interested to see what this is all about. Looks like this is the place to get the advice needed. Good hunting.
That would be the case if you have a battery isolator installed which prevents your camper from drawing off the truck battery when you turn off your ignition.
In my case, the RAM factory wiring and Eagle Cap, do not provide such an isolator, so my circuit is always wide open to go both ways.
Since I have not seen a clean isolator install that I want to use, plus the fact they degrade the amount of power going back to charge your TC batteries, I just unplug from the truck when I am camping.
