Battery question

[elm3420]

This may be a stupid question, but here we go. If I have a battery that doesn't charge, would that stop the lights in my camper from working. Thanks in advance for the help.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

PLEASE DEFINE

Type and age of battery

Type and model of battery charging device

Define "Doesn't Charge" In what way? What are the symptoms? 🙂

[2oldman]

Depends on what your voltmeter reads.

[DutchmenSport]

The answer is two-fold. It depends upon if you are plugged into shore power or not.

If you are not plugged into shore power and you have no battery power, you will not have house light. House lights run on the 12 volt system.

If you ARE plugged into shore power and you have no battery power, you WILL have house lights. Because, the converter will take the 120 AC shore power the camper is plugged into and the converter will change that to 12 volt DC. The house lights run off the converter then. Batteries not needed.

However, if you have slides and no battery, even plugged into shore power, the slides most likely will not work. Almost all RV need the extra boost of the actual battery. The converter does not have enough output by itself. There are some exceptions, but over all, MOST RV need the battery to move the slides.

[agesilaus]

The lights are most likely 12V so yes-no battery (assuming it is dead), or other 12V source; then no lights.

[Lwiddis]

Yes, a battery that won’t charge doesn’t have any juice to power lights. I believe you need to read a basic tutorial on RV batteries.