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10David43
Explorer
Nov 13, 2019

Loss of 12v power when shore power is disconnected

I have a 2018 Shockwave 5th wheel, with a Go Power solar system. About one month ago, I had to replace my batteries because they did not seem to hold a charge, by morning the batteries would be almos...
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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Nov 13, 2019
IF the Go Power said 13.6 and the meter 18.. I am guessing the meter had a problem. Perhaps it was set on AC not DC (THe relationship is the square root of 2 or about 1.414 right about the error you saw) But I'd have to think some to figure out which way is which.

Peak voltage on a a 12 volt RMS is just shy of 18 volts.

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