Shorepower for 89 PT40

[sfedeli3]

Hi Gus,

Where are you located?? (sign posts with name, coach model, and
city,state) Your PT will have freeze heaters, water heater, freeze
tape, block heater that could all be turned on unless you know
where/how to shut them off. Combined, those few items will draw 30
amps or more which is 3,600 watts per hour at minimum if they are all
on in a cold climate. If that was the case, you'd be looking at 2,600
kwH per month!! If your batteries are in bad shape, the Heart
interface charger/inverter (A great unit!!!) will try and dump a
charge into them too and they may never get charged. That's probably
worth another 300 watts per hour (216 kwH per month). The key is to
find out where your heat tape, freeze heaters and such are and turn
them off if the coach is winterized. Even though one of the breakers
may say "freeze heaters", Blue bird had a funny way of powering them
from other plugs in the coach too. The easiest way to be stingy with
the 'lectric is to plug the heart into an extension cord by itself and
keep the rest of the coach powered down- also, make sure that the
Heart's "inverter" mode is turned off or you'll be powering the 110
circuits through the batteries. If it's cold- make sure that you fully
winterized all plumbing first.

Shane Fedeli
85PT40
Hershey, PA

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Gus Rodriguez
wrote:
>
> Hello. I have recently purchased an 89 PT 40 w/ 8V92T. It seems to
> use quite a bit of electricity while hooked up to shorepower. By my
> calculations, it would consume 1200 kwh in one month to just sit w/
nothing
> on except the battery charger. I have it hooked up to its own meter.
> I tried isolating the batteries and charging them w/ a battery
> charger and cosumption drops off drastically. This does not seem
normal.
> What is normal cosumption for this BB? At this rate my electric bill
> would be around $180/mo just to sit w/ nothing in the coach
running. Also
> I only show power to one leg according to the gauges but everything
> seems to run ok. I have a Heart interface Charger/Inverter. I do not
> have a wiring diagram for this BB. I would appreciate any info. Gus
>
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