Yahoo Message Number: 12569 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/12569)
In my 2004 Allure #31031, with EVERYTHING turned off, AND with the so-called "battery disconnect" switch thrown, I still draw 1 to 2 amps from the house batteries. With two 8-D batteries, when fully charged, having about 400 Amp hours capacity, that means I will drain the batteries to 50% within 5 to 10 days. In turn, that means that if I leave my coach this way for a month, I have dead batteries.
The only way to avoid this is to, either:
1) Set your genset to start automatically every "X" days, or whatever other auto-start trigger you care to use, or,
2) plug in to shore power every week or so, or,
3) disconnect the batteries physically at the batteries, or,
4) disconnect a particular wire, it's purple, inside the battery
compartment (can't remember what wire #,and my coach is 100 miles away at the moment). This wire disconnects the remaining loads and reduces the battery drain to near zero.
There may be other solutions, but these are the ones of which I am aware.
Joe
Punta Gorda, FL
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breakers
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Yahoo Message Number: 12573 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/12573)
Joe, I have Allure 31038. I don't think what you are seeing is too unusual....though a 2 amp draw is pretty high. I am seeing about 1 amp from mine. The purple wire may be the echo-charge device that keeps your chassis battery up from your house batteries as the source. So your phantom draw may be from the chassis.
What I have done is set my RC7GS to start the gen at 60% and charge to 90%. The result is about a 2 or 3 hour run per week.
I park out in the open and have decided to add a couple of solar panels to the mix. I know from past experience that they will keep the batteries in the best shape possible and provide for the longest battery life.
Good luck.
George Sanders in Birmingham, AL
Allure 31038
means
batteries.