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Originally Posted by gearhead
On the road....last week in Melvern Kansas. Hooked up to 50 amp pedestal. Woke up to very dim lights and the batteries showed less than 7 volts. Drove into Emporia Kansas to a WalMart and bought 2 deep cycle batteries and a Schumaker charger. Got back to the camper and the charger wouldn't work. Back to WalMart. Hooked up the charger. All is well. Probably replace the converter when we get home.
Lesson: always have a battery charger aboard.
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I suggest reading the specs on the battery charger before purchasing and using. I discovered the newly purchased Schumaker charger was reading that the batteries were not reaching full charge. We had a few LED lights on and the furnace would run occasionally. The charger would turn itself off deciding in its infinite wisdom that the batteries were damaged. So I bought another charger, a WalMart MAXX that will run 18 hours before making the decision to turn off.
Looking good so far. Batteries are maintaining 13.4 volts.