Posted 2011-06-30 1:51 PM (#135303) Subject: batteries keep going dead
Regular
Posts: 59 Location: Gaylord, Kansas
I have just had a conversion package done on my trailer. I have two marine batteries. I do not have anything lights/ pump, etc.,,left on in the trailer, the batteries have gone dead after less than a week of using the trailer. When the electrician was connecting the batteries he put one on backwards, arced majorily,,, could he have ruined the batteries... such they will not hold a charge for any amount of time
Posted 2011-06-30 9:48 PM (#135311 - in reply to #135303) Subject: RE: batteries keep going dead
Expert
Posts: 3853 Location: Vermont
With everything off...Use a DC ammeter, for example a Fluke 175, inserted in series with the negative battery cable terminal clamp and the negative battery terminal or a clamp-on DC ammeter, like a Fluke 336 or i410 around the negative battery cable. Starting with the highest scale, determine if there is a the current load.
Posted 2011-07-01 6:50 AM (#135312 - in reply to #135303) Subject: RE: batteries keep going dead
Elite Veteran
Posts: 690 Location: missouri
Have you taken it back to the conversion company? Were they RVIA certified to do your conversion? or, was it someone DIY that may need more info about the electrical system? Like, power inverters, monitoring systems on your power source, water-both fresh and grey and black tanks....Check your connection on your truck and make certain it is right and getting full power ( truck has to be set up for 12 volt- like an RV 7-pin plug), then, it should be charging. Just pull in to an RV service bay and have them look it over.... Good luck. (We've been there....)
batteries keep going dead
