I really appreciate the support and Thank you for watching, i am glad you liked the video, I am looking forward to creating more useful tips like that 👍
Drawing a conventional 12v battery(s) down to 50% will reduce their life significantly. AGM are somewhat more tolerant of deeper discharges, and the t105 type 6v battery is quite a bit better still. I take my agm batteries down 40% only before recharging.
Hey boss, nice informative Vídeo. The issue I am having is my battery getting discharged after one day. Changed Alternator and checked Starter. Seems like there might be a ground taking the power of the battery when it sits. 1996 Winabago adventurer RV 34 footer deisel pusher. Any ideas?
Yes, get a low cost DC clamp meter. It will show any current draw. It clamps around a cable loosely like your thumb and forefinger. You can do all kinds of investigation with that tool.
Great stuff. Getting new RV users to understand that even if you have everything turned off that parasitic draw (propane detector, etc) will drain a battery down over time when not in active use. Battery disconnect is such a great thing for storing. Have you had any luck with the battery monitoring systems or do you get that info from your solar charging controller.
@mikeinsanediego, I upgraded to LED lights and it made a huge difference on brightness and power. This was a great upgrade. Picking the right Color is important.
@@RVKevin Please do. I don't boondock that much anymore so I haven't invested in solar up to now, but something to consider now that panels and controllers are more affordable.
i was wondering if you could help with a techie question, with regards to amperage draw my led tv draws 80w ..i have 100 available amps/h...at 12 volts.. IF im doing my math right that means the tv draws about 6.5 amps and the batteries would supply power for about 15 hrs? did i do that right ? to me it seems like a long time
@mikeinsanediego, Your math is right, you really only want to run your batteries to 50% and that means you would get 7.5 hrs until your batteries would be considered "drained". Thanks for Watching :)
I watched a video that said if you DONT turn on the cut off switch, when connected to shore power, the converter will keep the batteries charged, but NOT if you have the cut off switch activated. I just keep my batteries disconnected till i need to move the RV for street cleaning.
The DC Clamp meter in this video is affordable and provides great information about what is happening with your RV Batteries.😎
Thanks for making this so much easier to understand. Went and tested all my draws to figure out what I have been draining my battery with.
This was exactly what I was looking for... excellent summary and very thorough demonstration.
Glad it was helpful!
Preparing for our maiden voyage. This is great information for a newby like me. Thank you sir.
Glad it was helpful! Safe travels to you.
Great Video. .👍👍👍👍 A lot of people can really use this information, good job my friend. 😀
I really appreciate the support and Thank you for watching, i am glad you liked the video, I am looking forward to creating more useful tips like that 👍
Drawing a conventional 12v battery(s) down to 50% will reduce their life significantly. AGM are somewhat more tolerant of deeper discharges, and the t105 type 6v battery is quite a bit better still. I take my agm batteries down 40% only before recharging.
Hey boss, nice informative Vídeo. The issue I am having is my battery getting discharged after one day. Changed Alternator and checked Starter. Seems like there might be a ground taking the power of the battery when it sits. 1996 Winabago adventurer RV 34 footer deisel pusher. Any ideas?
Yes, get a low cost DC clamp meter. It will show any current draw. It clamps around a cable loosely like your thumb and forefinger. You can do all kinds of investigation with that tool.
Great stuff. Getting new RV users to understand that even if you have everything turned off that parasitic draw (propane detector, etc) will drain a battery down over time when not in active use. Battery disconnect is such a great thing for storing. Have you had any luck with the battery monitoring systems or do you get that info from your solar charging controller.
Thank you Peter, i could make a video about the monitor i currently use. I appreciate your support 😎
the 4 amp draw with the lights on.... are you using led bulbs? it looked like it with the brightness
@mikeinsanediego, I upgraded to LED lights and it made a huge difference on brightness and power. This was a great upgrade. Picking the right Color is important.
I need to get a solar set up like you!!
Maybe i could make a video about the solar system that i installed our RV ?
Yes!! Do it!
@@RVKevin Please do. I don't boondock that much anymore so I haven't invested in solar up to now, but something to consider now that panels and controllers are more affordable.
i was wondering if you could help with a techie question, with regards to amperage draw
my led tv draws 80w ..i have 100 available amps/h...at 12 volts.. IF im doing my math right that means the tv draws about 6.5 amps and the batteries would supply power for about 15 hrs?
did i do that right ? to me it seems like a long time
@mikeinsanediego, Your math is right, you really only want to run your batteries to 50% and that means you would get 7.5 hrs until your batteries would be considered "drained". Thanks for Watching :)
@@RVKevin thanks yeah i have 220 ah btteries 100 ah available...I use "warm" led lights in my coach..."brights' in the basement
So I have solar an shore power. Thier is a red cut off switch with on an off. When I plug in shore power it drains my batteries. Plug is bad.
I watched a video that said if you DONT turn on the cut off switch, when connected to shore power, the converter will keep the batteries charged, but NOT if you have the cut off switch activated. I just keep my batteries disconnected till i need to move the RV for street cleaning.
We never found the drain, so to be on the safe side, i just keep the battery disconnected when not driving the vehicle.