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Dow12
Explorer
Oct 13, 2019

House Batteries are fully charged but acts like they are not

I have a 2010 Class A Georgetown ForestRiver. Electrical works fine when plugged into shore power. When I took it off shorepower, generator would not start, steps would not come in, interior lights ...
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Matt_Colie
Explorer II
Oct 13, 2019
Dow12,

What you are seeing is classic for a bad terminal .

The best way I know of to find this is with a test light.
This would be a very small (low drain/current) bulb with two wire leads. Attach one to the battery terminal and then walk the other away from then bank until it glows.

You problem can easily be as much in the positive side as the negative. Just leave the house lights on until they go dim and then start searching.

Best of Luck and good hunting.

Matt

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