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fun_w_son
Explorer
Feb 03, 2016

new battery dead while pluged in

My camper (keystone VR1) stays plugged in on a shore power 30amp hooked to my house. i went the other day and noticed that the battery was low, so after checking all the fuses, i removed it and purchased a new deep cycle battery. hooked it all up and everything was fine. went in the camper a week later and noticed that the battery was down to 3 lights on the meter in the camper. just to check, i put the AC and fridge on, they turned on fine. went 2 days later and the AC and fridge were not running. i had no lights in the camper and the meter had 0 lights lit up. so i turned off the AC and fridge. i will be looking into it tonight after work.... can you guys point me to the first items i should check....

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  • sch911's avatar
    sch911
    Explorer
    Feb 03, 2016
    You said your old battery was low, was the new one low also? Could it be converter over charging the batteries and boiling them to death?
  • beemerphile1's avatar
    beemerphile1
    Explorer
    Feb 03, 2016
    Order I would test for diagnosis;
    1. Breaker supplying power to converter
    2. Fuse of power coming out of converter
    3. Failed converter
  • rockhillmanor's avatar
    rockhillmanor
    Explorer II
    Feb 03, 2016
    hohenwald48 wrote:
    Sounds like your converter bit the dust. Or tripped a breaker or blew a fuse.


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    1.turn all the fusses off and then back on. Sometimes they don't look tripped but are.
    2. Converter, check the output and leave the tester on 'after' it reaches the specs to see if it increases. I had one with a blown capacitor so it couldn't regulate itself and it was putting out too much and cooking the batteries.

    BTW. your fridge and ac need 12 volt for the thermostats. They will come on using shore power but when they cycle down and have to come back on they need 12 volt for the thermostat to work.
  • hohenwald48's avatar
    hohenwald48
    Explorer
    Feb 03, 2016
    Sounds like your converter bit the dust. Or tripped a breaker or blew a fuse.
  • TheWB's avatar
    TheWB
    Explorer
    Feb 03, 2016
    Determine that your battery is getting a sufficient charge. Check the voltage on the battery, should be 13.6 if it's getting a normal charge. If it isn't, that usually means your converter isn't charging it correctly. Would explain your symptoms. Let us know what you find and we'll go from there.

    Also be sure your coverter is turned on at the distribution panel. You could have power hooked up from shore, but wouldn't be charging your battery any if it isn't turned on.

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