Recent content by mehony3785

problem solved.  in the process of connecting the battery i was thinking in terms of 12v wiring where black is negative and the other wire is positive i hooked up the white and black trailer wires to the battery that way.  the trailer was wired using the residential hot being black (+) and...

hooked up my smart battery charger and the battery which was reading 12.28 volts with a volt meter wasnt even registering at 25% of a charge.  left the smart charger on overnight and its now topped off.  going to mess around more with this issue tonight

ok i finally had time to look into the lighting.  when checking the voltage at the fixture i was getting 13+ volts with 120v plugged in and 12.28 volts when on battery.  i know from battery the voltage was running in reverse ( the positive was going into the side of the base and not the single...

is there any way to get the voltage up high enough from the battery if that is the case?

Time to get out the volt meter and see what output the fixtures are giving on battery alone

i dont know how the reversing the bulb will reverse polarity.  it is a 1141 base which looks like below.  i guess i will give it a try just to make sure

but when i replace the LED bulbs with the incandescent bulbs that were there those work off battery power only just fine

i have a 1987 sportsman that i just purchased this summer and I'm preparing to take it out boondocking for the first time.  i replaced the interior incandescent bulbs with LED replacements from amazon.  the lights work great when on 120V but when its running off 12v battery the lights won't...