DeutscheMan
Oregon Coast
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Do you have a battery shut off switch? On my trailer the 12v will run off the converter even with the battery shutoff in the off position. Maybe your battery switch somehow was switched off.
Bill
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larrygranny1
el paso, tx
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Well stupid me.....didn't take care of it.....that was the correct response....checked battery bone dry....hmmmm could it have been low when I bought it from the dealer.....filled it.....let charge for 1/2 hour and presto have 12 v electric....but I don't think I want to trust it. It may now have a bad cell so off to the store to get a new one. Don't want to sit in the dark on my next journey.With my luck if I go cheap and not replace, bigger then anything it'll fail.....I learned an expensive lesson, thought the darn thing was a sealed battery and never even looked at it...It is now on the top of my checklist. thanks for the responses.
Larry and Linda, we are retired from the miltary and teaching,
F250, 6.4l, 2008 Jayco, 25 ft w/slide
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kaydeejay
SE Michigan, USA
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Hmmm, if the battery really was bone dry you need to find out why, otherwise you stand a chance of the new one doing the same thing.
First thing to check is your converter charge rate and whether it is tapering off as the battery comes up to full charge.
Good luck.
Keith J, Retired from GM Engineering
2005 GMC Sierra 2500HD SLE 2WD/CC/SB/DA.
1999 Sunnybrook 27RKFS Fiver
Bilsteins, Line-X, Westin steps, Prodigy, Retrax, 16K Superglide, 5th-Airborne pin-box, Multi-vex mirrors.
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larrygranny1
el paso, tx
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All fixed. New battery, found the electric jack on the front was shorted out and was draining the battery. replaced that switch today. ready for the road
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