Little Things Add Up . . .

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Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009
5:58 PM

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Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re:
Little Things Add Up . . .

Hay Bob I get confused enough with just my four
batterys and my dumb smart charger. I just keep my battery charger on 24/7 and
check the water out once a month. I was told that it wasn't good to start up
these old engines just to hear them run-so I just start up my generator once in
awhile and cross my fingers that the 3208 will light up when needed.



Got a 50 inch TV now and I'm going to install it in front of the drivers
window. So I can just turn on the tv and sit at my steering wheel and look out
the front windshield and be far, far away from here. Love the cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Jon

Rebel Bird "Stuck in Bremerton"



--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com",
"freewill2008" ...> wrote:

>

> Thought this might be of interest: Went out to check that the 3208 would
start after several nights of record low temps. Found the cranking battery too
soft to do the job.

>

> This WL has dual 12v systems; one for house, the other for automotive.
There is an automotive side disconnect, but it does not interrupt the cables to
the starter or the Schottky charge splitter. The disconnect was turned off.

>

> There is usually either a small smart charger or solar system running on
the automotive side, but for whatever reason both had been off for about 2
months.

>

> So, how did the cranking battery discharge? I isolated the cables and
found a 0.15 amp draw on the cable heading for the starter and charge splitter.
That's about 4 amps a day, or 120 amps a month.

>

> This discharge is probably leakage, either through an old dirty starter or
in the charge isolator. For now, the solution will be to leave the solar system
on, as it should have been anyway.

>

> The good news: I had intalled a 200 amp combiner relay in the battery
compartment with very short cables. (The cranking battery sits just behind the
stock FC battery tray.) Using the dash switch that once controlled the
dinky-toy relay that BB used behind the step-well, I triggered the relay FIRST
and then hit the starter. I was running in about 2 seconds.

>

> The generator would still start. It can start from either 12v system and
it can be jumped from the front battery compartment without the need for air to
open the genset tray.

>

> When ya like to boondock, its all about backup systems! )

>

> Bob Griesel '84 FC31 WLII WA

>