First post here...bought a used popup last summer.
part ignorance and part laziness, I did not take care of the batteries for the winter. Connected the onshore power to charge the batteries to check their health. When the offshore power is connected all the lights turn on around the RV , the lights on the side, back , the turn indicator lights .... The popup is still down and shut. This does not seem like normal behavior and do not remember seeing this last summer when connected to offshore power.
Any ideas where to start trouble shooting?
thank you.
Edit:
Just noticed the battery shows 5.0V, when battery is disconnected, the leads that did connect to battery show 0V. If everything works well shouldn't it read 14V when connected to onshore power?
With that in light...any ideas where to start troubleshooting.
Also, to test the batteries, can I buy a trickle charger, charge it overnight and check voltage and do specific gravity test OR do I need a heavy duty charger to charge them up before I do these tests?
Thanks again.
part ignorance and part laziness, I did not take care of the batteries for the winter. Connected the onshore power to charge the batteries to check their health. When the offshore power is connected all the lights turn on around the RV , the lights on the side, back , the turn indicator lights .... The popup is still down and shut. This does not seem like normal behavior and do not remember seeing this last summer when connected to offshore power.
Any ideas where to start trouble shooting?
thank you.
Edit:
Just noticed the battery shows 5.0V, when battery is disconnected, the leads that did connect to battery show 0V. If everything works well shouldn't it read 14V when connected to onshore power?
With that in light...any ideas where to start troubleshooting.
Also, to test the batteries, can I buy a trickle charger, charge it overnight and check voltage and do specific gravity test OR do I need a heavy duty charger to charge them up before I do these tests?
Thanks again.