PancakeBill
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We have not boondocked in a bit, so our first night here in Quartzsite we found our batteries drained. These were 2 12v Deep cycle that were in the coach when we bought it. Unknown age. That gave me the 'opportunity' to replace with 2 6volt batteries. The first night we left furnace off and monitored, and we had some drop in voltage, but enough to start gen and run lights etc. The second night ran the furnace at a low setting, but in the morning they were quite low.. Could still start gen but with battery boost used.
We had running a freezer that runs on 12v or 110, an inverter on with nothing running off it. fridge on gas, and really not much else. The freezer seems as though it might be the culprit, but we have had this freezer tin two coaches for a number of years and over the years many nights on battery with no issues. (it might have developed an issue over the years, need to check), but maybe some other draw.
Need to get my meter out and start some monitoring.
Any other ideas? The inverter is a new device to us, but I don't see how it could draw that much, it only feeds TV and sat receiver, but neither were on.
Obviously an issue we need to track down.
We had running a freezer that runs on 12v or 110, an inverter on with nothing running off it. fridge on gas, and really not much else. The freezer seems as though it might be the culprit, but we have had this freezer tin two coaches for a number of years and over the years many nights on battery with no issues. (it might have developed an issue over the years, need to check), but maybe some other draw.
Need to get my meter out and start some monitoring.
Any other ideas? The inverter is a new device to us, but I don't see how it could draw that much, it only feeds TV and sat receiver, but neither were on.
Obviously an issue we need to track down.