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09-05-2017, 04:27 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: michigan
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What can cause a battery draw?
I know the radio and carbon monoxide detector but I will lose 2 light "bars" in half a day with "nothing on", I think. How long should the battery last with nothing on? No heater, lights, or anything I can find.
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09-05-2017, 04:56 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: WI
Posts: 16
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I also turn off the antenna booster, but something else draws as mine will be dead after 2-3 weeks of sitting.
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09-05-2017, 06:03 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: michigan
Posts: 18
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Got to find the antenna booster.... Still losing half battery (2 lights) in a day seem awful.
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09-05-2017, 06:27 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: WI
Posts: 16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vicIII
Got to find the antenna booster.... Still losing half battery (2 lights) in a day seem awful.
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Mine (ss289qb) is a little push button on the outlet where the coax connects above the tv. There is a little red light that shows on or off.
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09-05-2017, 06:29 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: VA
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Is your refrigerator turned off? It will draw from the battery if not. Also, check to make sure no lights are on. Look in the storage compartments for lights. The CO detector is always on.
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09-05-2017, 06:32 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: michigan
Posts: 18
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Sunset trail 30re, fridge was on propane so should be drawing some but seems excessive.
I will look for the antenna switch/button.
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09-05-2017, 06:53 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: PA
Posts: 5,721
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Antenna outlet with button
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09-05-2017, 07:01 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: michigan
Posts: 18
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Thank you
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09-05-2017, 07:06 PM
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Full Time Camper
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: ca
Posts: 574
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Any electronic equipment, led light whether on stereo or whatever will put a slow drain on a battery amd kl it over time
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09-06-2017, 11:00 AM
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Gone Traveling
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,392
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CO/LP detector, any illuminated switches, radios with clocks, antenna booster, digital thermostats, fridge if on & water heater if on, just ones I can think of off hand.
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10-09-2017, 07:00 AM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 38
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I seem to be having the same issue- my battery won’t hold for even two weeks when stored. Is this normal? I took it back once and the dealership replaced it but now the two month old new one is doing the same thing.
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10-09-2017, 10:06 AM
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Full Time Camper
Join Date: May 2012
Location: N.C. Mountains
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Do you use a battery shut off switch?
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10-09-2017, 10:11 AM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Arkansas
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Hmm, no I don't. I'll look into that. I thought it was perhaps the way I hooked up the battery, but once it charges a bit on the truck it works just fine.
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10-09-2017, 10:47 AM
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Gone Traveling
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,392
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The surest way is to disconnect the batteries at the batteries.
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10-09-2017, 10:51 AM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 38
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I'll run out to the storage place and do that this evening. Thanks so much for the advice, guys. I store it about a half hour from my house, so running out to switch on the fridge the day before we leave only to find a dead battery is quite irksome!!!
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10-09-2017, 11:20 AM
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Gone Traveling
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Texas
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You should only need to disconnect the main ground/negative cable. If you disconnect more, be sure to note or take a picture of how they are connected, reconnecting wrong will be worse than a dead battery.
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10-09-2017, 11:44 AM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Arkansas
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03-20-2018, 06:56 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: TN
Posts: 31
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Same problem, no cutoff switch. Would like info on ideas for switch on battery
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03-20-2018, 07:01 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: michigan
Posts: 18
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I have also looked it to a "smart converter" to help battery life and is soppossed to charge the battery better/quicker, from what I am told. This make since to anyone?
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03-20-2018, 07:08 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: PA
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check this out or just google how to install.
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