Bob Buchanan
Well-known member
My '96 Winn Adventurer has a dash switch that is labeled Radio Power with Aux underneath of those words. The other side of the switch is labeled Main. In '94 I had a Winn Brave with the same switch. Its obvious use is if I want to play the dash radio while parked -- and not running the engine. If I switch to Main while parked, the radio will not play. If I switch to Radio Power, the radio plays as I would expect it to. So I would assume the switch is allowing me to play the dash radio from the house batteries.
Have never played my dash radio that much in the past while parked - with the Brave or this rig. However, two things are different now. This rig has a gang busters dash radio. The other newbee is an iPod that I can connect to the dash radio. So here's the problem, and my question:
If the switch is set to Radio Power, the chassis battery is running down over time. For example, two nights ago, I forgot to turn the radio off and it played all night. The next AM, it began acting funny in that it kept going on and off by itself -- and would not play the iPod. I then checked the house batteries and they were full. Am hooked to shore power and have my 40A three state charger doing that chore OK. However, when checking the chassis battery, it registered around 7.7V. All of the rig batteries are new within the past 3 months.
If I connect my automotive charger to the chassis battery it comes alive and the dash radio comes to life again -- even tho the switch is still set to Radio Power vs. Main.
Question: What's going on here?? ????
Have never played my dash radio that much in the past while parked - with the Brave or this rig. However, two things are different now. This rig has a gang busters dash radio. The other newbee is an iPod that I can connect to the dash radio. So here's the problem, and my question:
If the switch is set to Radio Power, the chassis battery is running down over time. For example, two nights ago, I forgot to turn the radio off and it played all night. The next AM, it began acting funny in that it kept going on and off by itself -- and would not play the iPod. I then checked the house batteries and they were full. Am hooked to shore power and have my 40A three state charger doing that chore OK. However, when checking the chassis battery, it registered around 7.7V. All of the rig batteries are new within the past 3 months.
If I connect my automotive charger to the chassis battery it comes alive and the dash radio comes to life again -- even tho the switch is still set to Radio Power vs. Main.
Question: What's going on here?? ????