dead batteries

Amy and Randy · Jul 9, 2011

Need some help ...we have a 2005 Winnebago Journey that's been sitting on the storage lot for a little over a month now. We tried to start it recently and it won't turn over ...just clicks. Went over today and tried to jump both the engine battery and the house battery with a portable power pack with no luck. The engine battery registered 12.6 amps, but when we tried to start it, still just got the clicking noise. We also tried the MOM (use the house batteries to give an extra boost) and that made some strange chirping noise. (The MOM has worked before in the past for us.) As a last resort, we hooked jumper cables up from our truck battery to the RV engine battery, but that didn't work either.

Before we have the road-side service come out next week, any suggestions? Think we'd have luck with pulling each battery and put it on a trickle charge?

thanks in advance for any and all suggestions

gwcowgill · Jul 9, 2011

Suggestion: If you meant 12.6 Volts....clean all your terminals and tighten them and see if it starts...Corrosion seems to LOVE RV's. especially the connections.

Amy and Randy · Jul 9, 2011

Thank you, we will try cleaning the connections ...and you're right, I did mean volts ...

gwcowgill · Jul 9, 2011

OK. 12.6 Volts indicate a fully charged battery so I have to assume you have a bad connection or corroded connection somewhere.

Gunny · Jul 10, 2011

I am not an expert but I think the previous post about clean any corrosion on the batteries and check to see if their is any water left in the batteries and then place a trickle charge on it for 8+ hours or overnight if you can. If you get the engine battery charged and started up you should be able to get it home and plugged in to charge the coach batteries or start the gen to charge then before your trip.

John From Detroit · Jul 10, 2011

Given the jumper cables did not work .. Possible suspects include

The starter solenoid

The ground lead on the battery: Chassis end

You did hook the jumper cables up properly right,, The negative cable (Assuming negative ground) goes to the CHASSIS or Engine block, not to the battery.

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