What is draining my batteries?

[Leroy Eckert]

I would agree. You indicated you set your fridge to run off of AC or gas. If
you have an inverter, are you certain the fridge is not running off the
inverter? If so, it is using 12v to get to 110v at the fridge.
For info, I can go without external or genset power 2-3 days until the batteries
start going South. If I turn my electronics master off, the LP gas system is
automatically disabled.
A simple solution while your are preparing your pad is to unload the fridge,
take the food in the house and turn off the battery master switch. Mine is back
next to the batteries. I use this technique when I know the coach cannot
receive power for an extended period , usually when I take it in for mechanical
service, or I take it to the hanger to do other things I cannot do in the park.
Leroy Eckert
1990WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: g_man1146
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 9:13 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: What is draining my batteries?


There are many, many parasitic loads in the coach. Try turning off
the "AT" switch, and the "Electronic Master" switch then see if the
propane leak detector is still "On". If so turn that off. Also be
sure yout inverter or Rediline is switched to "Off". That should
pretty much do it. If not, you need to pull the negative cables for
both the engine and house battery banks.
Rich D. '99LXi43'

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan Wright"
wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> My new (to me) coach has been parked for the past week in front of
my
> house while I create it a better parking spot. As a result I can't
> reach the 50 amp service on my house so it's disconnected from the
> grid.
>
> My batteries are only lasting ~48 hours before the battery alarm
> sounds so I'm having to use the generator to recharge. Every time I
> start the genset, "DC charge" meter goes up to 150 amps and takes
> hours getting back down. I've run it 6+ hours until "DC charge"
was <
> 25 amps and the batteries still die a couple of days later.
>
> So, how do I fix this? "DC Discharge" shows zero (and yes, the
meter
> works, it goes up when I turn lights on). Nobody has been in the
coach
> so the lights haven't been used and I turned everything off that I
> know of. I set the fridge to run on AC or gas only (no DC, since I
> noticed it was hitting the batteries up for juice). The only
things I
> have on that I know of are:
>
> 1. Stereo (it's "off", but previous owner wired ACC right to +12v
so
> it's always lit up - but that should take months to drain four car
> batteries, not days).
> 2. Battery alarm.
> 3. Fridge temp alarm.
>
> Coach has 6 blue top 12vdc Optima batteries (two engine, four
coach)
> with 10/05 manufacture dates. Mix of 50 & 55 amp-hour batteries.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated!
>
> -Ryan
> '86 PT-40 8V92
> Tri-Cities, WA
>





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]