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Old 08-13-2018, 04:49 PM   #1
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batteries drain

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Park in storage for a week and batteries are drained. All lights off, all other switches are off only light or power draw I see is the radio backlight and the smoke detector. Should I be switching off the breakers when storing?
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Old 08-13-2018, 05:14 PM   #2
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try a battery disconnect switch or just do it manually.
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Old 08-13-2018, 05:45 PM   #3
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I agree...get a battery disconnect. Your LPG detector is always on and will drain the battery.
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Old 08-13-2018, 07:01 PM   #4
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Yea need to disconnect the batter or it will drain. I added this one I got at Camping World. Works great.
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One more vote for installing a battery disconnect switch. Fixed the issue instantly on ours for the weeks in the season we don't camp.

Still need to pull and throw them on a tender during winter tho.
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Old 08-17-2018, 09:04 AM   #6
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Make sure your tv booster button is "off" as that has drained our battery before.......
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Old 08-17-2018, 01:40 PM   #7
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Unless you disconnect your battery or use a disconnect switch; your battery will drain. Radio, co2 alarm, etc.
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thanks all I installed a marine style disconnect problem solved
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