Lance camper draining battery
I picked up a 2016 lance 865. It is killing the truck batteries when plugged into the truck. If it sits for a couple days without starting the truck then it is really slow to start. On the plug I i...
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I would think that would mean that it shouldn't be able to drain the truck battery??
I am no electrical engineer, but that would be my expectation as well.
My Silverado used to drain the truck battery on its own... you could barely park it for 2 weeks. In the 8 years I had it, it went through 4 batteries. The reason was never found (we suspected it might have something to do with OnStar and the fact that the truck was here in Europe, forever unable to talk to its mother back home in the US). But you say all is fine when the camper is not connected.
If you disconnect the battery ground wire, (and leave everything turned off), you should be able to measure the current with and without the camper plugged in. There should be a significant difference. Otherwise you are hunting a ghost.
Of course the computers will need to relearn after you reconnect the battery...
