Would these symptoms......

Just noticed skipro3 your truck is a stick, kudos to you! So is mine, we seem to be pretty elite :)

Just went with CostCo batts, they were the cheapest at $190 otd (I am on a tight budget).

What new batteries did you end up with?

New batts in and all seems to be back to normal whoo hoo! Thank you everybody for the help!!
Happy camping.....

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Heading to Brawley or Coachella :B

You know the area :)

I am heading to La Quinta actually, way more choices there. Will check CostCo first. Then I will do all my shopping for my next trip out next week, meeting friends in Quartzsite, Az.

Heading to Brawley or Coachella :B

Pulling batts tomorrow and heading to town (I live 45 miles from any decent civilization)
Will let you know the verdict..... :)

Old-Biscuit wrote:

Really need to maintain the new batteries via shore power/converter as it doesn't sound like you have a large enough solar to keep up with use.

When home I usually always am plugged into shore power.
And yes, this batt issue is what caused what I thought was a jack issue :)

This is probably why your jacks were acting up.

:):)

campermama wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Batteries reading 13.1V with only solar is good.

Now check what voltage does when you turn on water pump, furnace, bunch of lights anything DC to place a load on batteries and see how much/how quick voltage drops.

If I turn on a light and the water pump it drops quickly to like 10 something Volts :(

That's not sounding good. Time for new batteries

Need to check that converter DC output next time hooked up to shore power.
The truck charge line via trailer connection is limited......more for maintaining vs recharging. IF batteries drop it would take 4-5 hrs. towing time to bring them back up.
And depending on how much solar you have several hours also needed.

Really need to maintain the new batteries via shore power/converter as it doesn't sound like you have a large enough solar to keep up with use.