connect coach and house batteries?
hey all. we have a 2004 coachmen freelander 3100so with the ford e-450 super duty engine. i recently replaced both coach and house batteries (we bought the rig 1.5yrs ago and these were simply old ...
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hey all. thank you for your very valuable replies. there are a bunch of great suggestions, which i will take up over the next few days:
- find out parasitic draw
- fix the root cause of the chassis battery's discharging
in addition, i'll pick up a 100w solar panel and plug it in to the chassis battery, just to be sure it will never die on me. will also replace the battery; i'm sure a few months of sitting at 0 is likely not very good for its longevity ;)
i already have a bunch of cables and a spare charge controller (picked up 2 full sets earlier and connected both panels to a single controller that maintains the house battery), and have the remaining pieces still lying around.
i'll respond in detail once i've had a chance to test the parasitic draw off of the battery, and will check individual fuses to figure out what exactly may be going on. thanks!
- find out parasitic draw
- fix the root cause of the chassis battery's discharging
in addition, i'll pick up a 100w solar panel and plug it in to the chassis battery, just to be sure it will never die on me. will also replace the battery; i'm sure a few months of sitting at 0 is likely not very good for its longevity ;)
i already have a bunch of cables and a spare charge controller (picked up 2 full sets earlier and connected both panels to a single controller that maintains the house battery), and have the remaining pieces still lying around.
i'll respond in detail once i've had a chance to test the parasitic draw off of the battery, and will check individual fuses to figure out what exactly may be going on. thanks!
