Hey Everyone,
I'm new to the board and I apologize in advance for the long post. My wife and I recently purchased a small 2017 Coachmen Clipper Travel Trailer (Model 17BH, 21.4 feet) to dip our toes in the RV world. I grew up RV'ing with my parents but this whole experience is new to my wife, so we decided to go the used route to avoid eating all of the depreciation in case she doesn't enjoy it. We purchased it used from a private seller who had only used it a few times.
Anyway, I got everything cleaned up (in addition to new battery, fresh propane, etc.) and ready to go for our first trip last weekend.
Friday - Upon my arrival at the storage lot to pick it up, I heard a loud beeping noise coming from inside the unit. I just assumed it was a low battery on the smoke detector and I would take care of it with some fresh batteries when we got to the campground. When we arrived at the campground, the unit was no longer beeping. We set everything up, started the A/C, etc. 3 or 4 hours later, the beeping resumed. Upon further inspection, I realized that this ear piercing beeping (which could be heard outside with all the doors and windows closed) was coming from the A/C unit and not the smoke detector. I turned the A/C off for the night and luckily the beeping stopped right before we went to bed.
Saturday - Due to the heat, I fired up the A/C unit again on Saturday. It ran most of the day on low without issue. However, around 7 or 8PM the A/C unit started beeping again. It was so obnoxious and would not stop beeping even when I pulled the plug on the 30 Amp service. Finally, I disconnected the battery and got the beeping to stop so we could go to bed and avoid disturbing the rest of the campground (at the expense of not having lights, etc inside the unit) for the rest of the evening.
Sunday - Before leaving the campground, I once again connected the battery and the beeping started again within a few minutes (without the A/C running).
Considering the A/C unit was beeping at the storage lot (before I had ever used the A/C) AND while we were at the campground, does anyone have an idea of the root cause? The A/C runs off of the 30 Amp service, so I'm not sure why this beeping would be triggered by having the battery connected. Additionally, I had a full hook up site, so even if the new battery was somehow low when I got to the storage lot, it should have recharged after I got to the campground and the beeping should have discontinued. The A/C unit was beeping whether it was running or not, which makes no sense to me.
Any ideas / advice you have would be greatly appreciated!
I'm new to the board and I apologize in advance for the long post. My wife and I recently purchased a small 2017 Coachmen Clipper Travel Trailer (Model 17BH, 21.4 feet) to dip our toes in the RV world. I grew up RV'ing with my parents but this whole experience is new to my wife, so we decided to go the used route to avoid eating all of the depreciation in case she doesn't enjoy it. We purchased it used from a private seller who had only used it a few times.
Anyway, I got everything cleaned up (in addition to new battery, fresh propane, etc.) and ready to go for our first trip last weekend.
Friday - Upon my arrival at the storage lot to pick it up, I heard a loud beeping noise coming from inside the unit. I just assumed it was a low battery on the smoke detector and I would take care of it with some fresh batteries when we got to the campground. When we arrived at the campground, the unit was no longer beeping. We set everything up, started the A/C, etc. 3 or 4 hours later, the beeping resumed. Upon further inspection, I realized that this ear piercing beeping (which could be heard outside with all the doors and windows closed) was coming from the A/C unit and not the smoke detector. I turned the A/C off for the night and luckily the beeping stopped right before we went to bed.
Saturday - Due to the heat, I fired up the A/C unit again on Saturday. It ran most of the day on low without issue. However, around 7 or 8PM the A/C unit started beeping again. It was so obnoxious and would not stop beeping even when I pulled the plug on the 30 Amp service. Finally, I disconnected the battery and got the beeping to stop so we could go to bed and avoid disturbing the rest of the campground (at the expense of not having lights, etc inside the unit) for the rest of the evening.
Sunday - Before leaving the campground, I once again connected the battery and the beeping started again within a few minutes (without the A/C running).
Considering the A/C unit was beeping at the storage lot (before I had ever used the A/C) AND while we were at the campground, does anyone have an idea of the root cause? The A/C runs off of the 30 Amp service, so I'm not sure why this beeping would be triggered by having the battery connected. Additionally, I had a full hook up site, so even if the new battery was somehow low when I got to the storage lot, it should have recharged after I got to the campground and the beeping should have discontinued. The A/C unit was beeping whether it was running or not, which makes no sense to me.
Any ideas / advice you have would be greatly appreciated!
