Need some help here

[leedav]

Just picked up my trailer from storage. Battery read 12.17. Plugged in and now this

Any thoughts?

[SteveSueMac]

Not sure but I’m assuming the moment you plug in you’re going to see 100%. Someone more familiar with your system could say for sure. In my older (2012) the analog gauge goes to full whenever I’m plugged in.

[leedav]

Get that. Sorry if I was unclear. It's the 1.2A that's odd. Should be around 20

Originally Posted by SteveSueMac

Not sure but I’m assuming the moment you plug in you’re going to see 100%. Someone more familiar with your system could say for sure. In my older (2012) the analog gauge goes to full whenever I’m plugged in.

[SteveSueMac]

What did you have running at the time? Wondering if the 1.6A is telling you the actual draw, not capacity. If you only had some LED lights on, 1.6A might make sense?

[r carl]

It's fully charged. Now it's just trickle charging.

[leedav]

Nothing on

Originally Posted by SteveSueMac

What did you have running at the time? Wondering if the 1.6A is telling you the actual draw, not capacity. If you only had some LED lights on, 1.6A might make sense?

[leedav]

Strange it'd be fully charged after sitting since Xmas

Originally Posted by r carl

It's fully charged. Now it's just trickle charging.

[OTRA15]

Originally Posted by leedav

Strange it'd be fully charged after sitting since Xmas

That's the understatement of the year IMO.

Is there some factor you are missing?

Does your storage area charge batteries without you knowing it?

Are you sure you understand your monitor fully, and have you read your owner's manual, and any special instruction books which apply to the monitor? The monitor is reading 14.28 volts, and probably reads 100% when you are on shore power, like our older ones, as suggested by SSM.

Lots of possible questions . . .



Good luck,

Peter

PS -- [edit better link] Search results for monitor posts here: https://www.google.com/search?ei=g2J...4dUDCAo&uact=5

PS2 -- Please read your manual(s) and unplug from shore power. Wait a couple of hours, and give us new screen shots of the monitor in various modes [before you plug into shore power again]. Thanks.

[Spinonedad]

alot of things could be drawing down battery
Lights,inverter( even when off),carbon Mon detectors, fantastic fan sensors, tv ant amp,fridg (if on)radio,bass extension booster

Also let it set a couple hrs before reading voltages after charging to get true reading ,,,

[leedav]

That's the thing. I understand this stuff really well. There's no power at my storage place, there's no solar. The disconnect was disconnected. Drew the same amount of current connected to the tow vehicle as it did on shore power. I measured the current at the shunt and it was exactly the same. The only possible conclusion I can get to is the battery stayed full or there's some weird resistance somewhere in the battery or the terminals. at 100% the Progressive Dynamics converter should not have been delivering over 14 volts. Oddly the dongle on the converter didn't respond to my pushing the buttons either. Right now I have shore power disconnected and I'm running all the lights and the fans. later tonight I'll see what the state of charges and see if it takes the appropriate amount of current. If not I'm completely flummoxed

Originally Posted by OTRA15

That's the understatement of the year IMO.

Is there some factor you are missing?

Does your storage area charge batteries without you knowing it?

Are you sure you understand your monitor fully, and have you read your owner's manual, and any special instruction books which apply to the monitor?

The monitor is reading 14.28 volts. The monitor probably reads 100% when you are on shore power., like our older ones, as suggested by SSM.

Lots of possible questions . . .



Good luck,

Peter

PS -- Search results for monitor posts here: https://www.google.com/search?q=Smar...=airforums.com

[OTRA15]

Originally Posted by leedav

. . .
Right now I have shore power disconnected and I'm running all the lights and the fans. later tonight I'll see what the state of charges and see if it takes the appropriate amount of current.
. . .

Thanks for the update. As requested in my PS2, which did not make it into your quote, please take monitor screen shots in various modes at least 2 hours after unplugging from shore power, and before you plug back in.

There is an explanation IMO.

Check the various threads in my PS search results [as just edited that link was bad]. There are some real battery/monitor experts here, but as should be obvious, I ain't won fo dem.

[leedav]

Anyway ran all the lights until evening. Plugged in and got the right amperage. Left battery is fully charged and the hydrometer reads 0. Right battery reads good. Left tested fine at Interstate, so I'm gonna punt for now.

Originally Posted by OTRA15

Thanks for the update. As requested in my PS2, which did not make it into your quote, please take monitor screen shots in various modes at least 2 hours after unplugging from shore power, and before you plug back in.

There is an explanation IMO.

Check the various threads in my PS search results [as just edited that link was bad]. There are some real battery/monitor experts here, but as should be obvious, I ain't won fo dem.

[OTRA15]

Thanks for the "gonna punt" update.

Happy trails!

Peter