mgoodin08
Member
Hi, new to RV'ing and to this RV we have owned for a year- a 2005 Winnebaago Itasca Sunrise 33br, Workhorse drive train. WE added two additional storage batteries for a total of 4. 2 of them brand new, two of them older but were still good. After putting it in storage and putting a cover on it the solar does not charge the house batteries, of course. So after a month I came to start it up and check on things and EVERYTHING was completely dead.
I jumped the engine battery and let it run for an hour, jumped the Onan 5k generator and let it run for an hour and now the engine battery stays charged fairly well but NOTHING- ZIP ZERO on the house batteries.
DId I kill the house batteries by letting them run dead for a couple weeks? Do I have to take them all out and put them on a trickle charger at home?
Thinking I could cut a slit in the cover and expose the solar panels so they could charge the house batteries?
I'm kind of at a loss. I'll be quite bummed if the almost brand new $500 each batteries we added are toast.
In the future I'll either have to disconnect the negative batter terminal to keep them charged or expose the solar panels to keep them charged. If disco'ing the neg battery terminal can I just disco the FIRST battery in line or do I have to disco all 4 batteries?
Thanks in advance- always get good answers from folks in this forum.
I jumped the engine battery and let it run for an hour, jumped the Onan 5k generator and let it run for an hour and now the engine battery stays charged fairly well but NOTHING- ZIP ZERO on the house batteries.
DId I kill the house batteries by letting them run dead for a couple weeks? Do I have to take them all out and put them on a trickle charger at home?
Thinking I could cut a slit in the cover and expose the solar panels so they could charge the house batteries?
I'm kind of at a loss. I'll be quite bummed if the almost brand new $500 each batteries we added are toast.
In the future I'll either have to disconnect the negative batter terminal to keep them charged or expose the solar panels to keep them charged. If disco'ing the neg battery terminal can I just disco the FIRST battery in line or do I have to disco all 4 batteries?
Thanks in advance- always get good answers from folks in this forum.