Mystery Volts
Hello everyone... First time poster, but have lurked around for a while. I am hoping some of you folks might have an answer to my mystery. I have a 1988 Jayco and have been trying to track down a...
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You said you have no batteries in the camper, and you still see a counting down with the truck connection cord detached from the truck.
I think you are still connected to your converter and you are seeing the capacitors inside the converter charge somehow from your truck, and then release into your meter. If you connect a battery inside your camper and try the same thing, you will see the capacitors instantly discharge into the battery and you will be at battery voltage.
Your meter is a very high resistance load. Try the same experiment with a camper light on and see what happens then. You might be totally disconnected from any loads, and only the meter is taking the capacitors charge.
I think you are still connected to your converter and you are seeing the capacitors inside the converter charge somehow from your truck, and then release into your meter. If you connect a battery inside your camper and try the same thing, you will see the capacitors instantly discharge into the battery and you will be at battery voltage.
Your meter is a very high resistance load. Try the same experiment with a camper light on and see what happens then. You might be totally disconnected from any loads, and only the meter is taking the capacitors charge.
