New battery, no power?
Spring has sprung and I put a new battery on our TT. Hooked the battery up and I have no power in the camper when on battery power. Shore power, everything works fine. Only thing that works on batt...
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Did you have some sparks for a second when you hooked up the last battery cable connection Only takes a small spark to tell you a fuse got blown down the leg somewhere... There is always an IN-LINE about 12-inches away from the POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL that you may have missed. This fuse is there to protect the cables from burning out in case of majpor short on the battery cable at the converter/charger end. The batteries can produce 100's of DC amps in a short time frame that could start a fire...
Are you using just 12VDC batteries in parallel or do you have the two 6VDC batteries in series to give your 12VDC....
Seems like 99% of the time when this post comes up for someone who has just replaced their batteries it falls back to being hooked up wrong...
here is a quick diagram for both 12VDC and 6VDC batteries... We always rely on the battery case markings for POS or + etc... Sometimes the same battery you purchase will move the terminals from what they were before.
Using a multimeter makes it pretty simple to find out where the battery DC voltage stops showing up...
A fully charged battery should read 12.6-7VDC at its terminals when disconnected from shore power. When you apply shore power this reading at the same battery terminals will jump up to 13.6VDC. This tells you all connections between the 12V Distribution Panel and your battery are properly connected.
Just more of what everyone is saying above...
Roy Ken
Are you using just 12VDC batteries in parallel or do you have the two 6VDC batteries in series to give your 12VDC....
Seems like 99% of the time when this post comes up for someone who has just replaced their batteries it falls back to being hooked up wrong...
here is a quick diagram for both 12VDC and 6VDC batteries... We always rely on the battery case markings for POS or + etc... Sometimes the same battery you purchase will move the terminals from what they were before.
Using a multimeter makes it pretty simple to find out where the battery DC voltage stops showing up...
A fully charged battery should read 12.6-7VDC at its terminals when disconnected from shore power. When you apply shore power this reading at the same battery terminals will jump up to 13.6VDC. This tells you all connections between the 12V Distribution Panel and your battery are properly connected.
Just more of what everyone is saying above...
Roy Ken
