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 really am scratching my head on this one, curious showing no 12v on the trucks 7 pin. I was leaning toward the Y harness being the fault as Ive' read not uncommon for them to end up with wires mirrored. Now I'm wondering if indeed the factory charge wire is connected in truck.
Doesnt really have much to do with issue though, except How or by what path is camper draining truck.
The backfeed sounds plausible though don't know how that would work-being on light circuits wouldn't think they could trigger truck, even less how power could be trickling back on light wires of camper other than something looking for ground?
Measuring the amp load on truck battery a good idea to see overall what is being drawn with/without camper connected. Nothing on- door closed should be under an amp, when checking with camper on make sure everything is off. I dont know what a normal parasitic load of camper could be (in theory zero)- but for it to draw truck down in a couple of days I would think at least an additional amp.
I gather you may have an additional fuse block on umbilical connection according to the manual pg49 ,90
https://www.lancecamper.com/download.php?f=Lance-Truck-Camper-Owners-Manual-2016.pdf
If so you could measure load/amp draw for each circuit
and or errant 12v coming out of camper.
I agree looking for the weird at this point-as it seems the obvious isnt...
Doesnt really have much to do with issue though, except How or by what path is camper draining truck.
The backfeed sounds plausible though don't know how that would work-being on light circuits wouldn't think they could trigger truck, even less how power could be trickling back on light wires of camper other than something looking for ground?
Measuring the amp load on truck battery a good idea to see overall what is being drawn with/without camper connected. Nothing on- door closed should be under an amp, when checking with camper on make sure everything is off. I dont know what a normal parasitic load of camper could be (in theory zero)- but for it to draw truck down in a couple of days I would think at least an additional amp.
I gather you may have an additional fuse block on umbilical connection according to the manual pg49 ,90
https://www.lancecamper.com/download.php?f=Lance-Truck-Camper-Owners-Manual-2016.pdf
If so you could measure load/amp draw for each circuit
and or errant 12v coming out of camper.
I agree looking for the weird at this point-as it seems the obvious isnt...
