Help - jacks are draining my batteries
My 2020 camper came with HappiJacs which consume a ton of power from my 2 deep cycle batteries. Once the batteries are drawn down after removing the rig (3000 lb dry weight) from my truck, it's nearly...
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Having a 2020 camper and relatively new jacks I would suggest two things for you to try.
First thing find someone with a good knowledge for electricity and have him figure out the amperage draw for what each jack is supposed to draw and put a clamp-on ammeter on it and run them separately with a load and see what it draws.
I have a 2019 AF990 with Reico Titan 2500lb jacks and I have #10 awg wire connected to each jack and that wire is rated for 35amps for my case.
If all the jacks dont draw more amps than they are supposed to it's probably your battery's.
I replaced my two interstate group 29 battery's back in March of 2021. They were only 3 yrs old. They tested out good but would not hold a charge for long.
I replaced with some LIFEpo4 battery cells and now have 560ahrs of capacity compared to 90 before.
You should be able to remove and remount your camper a number of times with a good set of batterys.
Another thing is make sure you keep your truck plugged in and maybe running when you offload but you shouldn't have to.
Probably your battery's.
First thing find someone with a good knowledge for electricity and have him figure out the amperage draw for what each jack is supposed to draw and put a clamp-on ammeter on it and run them separately with a load and see what it draws.
I have a 2019 AF990 with Reico Titan 2500lb jacks and I have #10 awg wire connected to each jack and that wire is rated for 35amps for my case.
If all the jacks dont draw more amps than they are supposed to it's probably your battery's.
I replaced my two interstate group 29 battery's back in March of 2021. They were only 3 yrs old. They tested out good but would not hold a charge for long.
I replaced with some LIFEpo4 battery cells and now have 560ahrs of capacity compared to 90 before.
You should be able to remove and remount your camper a number of times with a good set of batterys.
Another thing is make sure you keep your truck plugged in and maybe running when you offload but you shouldn't have to.
Probably your battery's.
