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goufgators
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Jul 12, 2013

Battery drain

Reference... Itasca, Ford chassis: My converter has recently began running much more in order to keep the house batteries charged. In trying to find the problem, it appears that there is a drain causing the batteries to lose up to 15% of charge in an overnight period. That's without any 12v system on. Question: How do I go about locating the apparent cause of the drain? Any thoughts, ideas, comments will be appreciated./ Larry
  • in my rig, the tv, tv converter box and amp stay on even when battery switches are off.
  • roam1 wrote:
    I would get a clamp on dc amp meter
    Clamp it at the battery plus post
    Turn off converter
    Unplug dc fuses until you find which system is using the current
    If current is still drawn with all fuses out, look for systems that are hard wired to battery next
    Good luck
    Go Gators!


    Thanks! Been meaning to get a dc clamp-on amp meter and this seems the perfect time to do so.
    Yep! Go Gators...
  • I would get a clamp on dc amp meter
    Clamp it at the battery plus post
    Turn off converter
    Unplug dc fuses until you find which system is using the current
    If current is still drawn with all fuses out, look for systems that are hard wired to battery next
    Good luck
    Go Gators!