Need any input/suggestions on my power awning
Hello all, I posted a few weeks or so ago on how my Carefree Power Awning would not work. I had mentioned at the time that I had used the jumper wire that came with it, and could get the awning to ex...
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WayneAt63044 wrote:
"The status of the battery should not matter one bit as long as the TT is plugged into shore power....correct? I mean, I have my TT plugged in here at home (20 amp), so that should be supplying power to the awning correct?"
Maybe. If you have a dead cell in the battery (think 12V-2V=10V)and the converter, while plugged into shore power, cannot raise the battery voltage to above 12V, there could be issues with anything designed to run off the 12 volt supply. I have a power awning but have never tried to run it at 10V so I'm not sure how that would react. Just a thought. Proof would be to measure the 12V source while running the awning.
I wondered about that....a little background. The battery has been "bad" for years. It stopped taking any kind of charge a couple years ago. We always camp at full hookup sites and I always have it plugged in at home....or if need be to the truck. Therefore having a bad battery never mattered and I didn't want to spend the approximately $100 dollars. But I wondered if the battery might not be REAL BAD now (lol, for lack of a better word, dead cells, etc.) and affecting it.
The thing is, the lights would work....those run off the 12V system correct? Would the awning motor draw that much more voltage than those little indoor RV lights?
