What is draining my batteries?

[Jon]

--- 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



Ryan this may sound kind of dumm but when I went out to my bird this
morning to check on something I noticed the heater blower was on.
This blower comes on automatically if you don't turn oft the
thermostate, is your thermostate oft? It an easy thing to forget
about if you just turn oft your propane and don't think about that
thermostate. Hope you figure out your problem soon. Jon

Jon
78 Wanderlodge
Bremeton
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