Haydenraptor
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Hey guys,
All of our camping is dry at the dunes. I was out this weekend and I find myself constantly running the generator, as I will drop to 11.9v in just a couple hours. I have two Super Starts that I replaced over labor day weekend last year while I was in Idaho figuring out a converter issue I had, which has since been replaced due to the constant fuse blowing so it's not the converter.
But I have to run the genny every 2-3 hours, and run it for over an hour. I even brought a battery charger and charged each 6V to help juice it up, and had them on a tender for two days before we left.
This is not every light on or anything like that, I don't even like to leave the water pump on as I am afraid of low battery warning. Are these trailers REALLY drawing that much? I also have a 2016 Heartland torque (nowhere near as nice/fancy) but I could go the entire night without running the generator, no issue ever.
From 8pm-11pm there was the fridge, LED docking lights, exterior light, and the countertop strip light. Maybe the water pump once. By then I am around 11.9v-12.1v.
Any ideas? I don't forsee the smokies drawing that much, and I haven't noticed anything unusual. I will also note, when genny is on and batteries are charging, I can only get them to 13.5v or so, same if the trailer is plugged in. I haven't ever seen them at 13.9v-14.2v
Would love others insight, as I don't want to keep tearing it apart lol
All of our camping is dry at the dunes. I was out this weekend and I find myself constantly running the generator, as I will drop to 11.9v in just a couple hours. I have two Super Starts that I replaced over labor day weekend last year while I was in Idaho figuring out a converter issue I had, which has since been replaced due to the constant fuse blowing so it's not the converter.
But I have to run the genny every 2-3 hours, and run it for over an hour. I even brought a battery charger and charged each 6V to help juice it up, and had them on a tender for two days before we left.
This is not every light on or anything like that, I don't even like to leave the water pump on as I am afraid of low battery warning. Are these trailers REALLY drawing that much? I also have a 2016 Heartland torque (nowhere near as nice/fancy) but I could go the entire night without running the generator, no issue ever.
From 8pm-11pm there was the fridge, LED docking lights, exterior light, and the countertop strip light. Maybe the water pump once. By then I am around 11.9v-12.1v.
Any ideas? I don't forsee the smokies drawing that much, and I haven't noticed anything unusual. I will also note, when genny is on and batteries are charging, I can only get them to 13.5v or so, same if the trailer is plugged in. I haven't ever seen them at 13.9v-14.2v
Would love others insight, as I don't want to keep tearing it apart lol