battery leaks

January 28, 2003, 07:11:41 pm

Re Dick May and RV Mike on battery leakage.
The old field expedient method of finding a voltage drain is to unplug all fuses, disconnect the plus side of the house battery and put an miliamp meter between the battery plug and the battery cable. No current drain should be evident with all the fuses out,. . . . . . . . . . then start putting the fuses back in , one at a time, and be ready to start recording all of the small insignificant drains. My '01 Intrigue has a 4 amp (yes that is amphere hours) drain with everyting turned off. Major culprit is the refrigerator, then all of the little switch lights and propane and carbon monoxide detector, and of course the leveling system if left on, and so on. That is why I have to disconnect the main battery switches whenever I am about to store the unit for a week or more. My batteries are still testing good, but will not handle a week of storage left turned on.
Anything you find out about the drain on your unit please pass on to us''

regards

Ron and Molly '01 Intrigue #11262 san diego

Re: battery leaks

Reply #1 – January 28, 2003, 08:54:26 pm

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Once the weather warms up I will start learning how to use an ammeter and trace the fuses as you suggest. In the meantime though my batteries are losing charge even though the two disconnect switches are OFF! I have a solar panel and can you suggest how I test if there is a diode to prevent backflow? Much obliged.

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