RE: Towing with a Jeep Grand Cherokee
http://www.jeep.com/en/jeep_capabilities/towing/#GrandCherokeeTab,http://www.jeep.com/en/jeep_capabilities/towing/#GrandCherokeeTab,
Thanks for the link....I got a new t-shirt!
RE: Weird battery/electrical issue
Thanks for all the info, I will get a hydometer and check all the cells.
My factory battery didn't loose a complete charge so quickly. I thought perhaps the marine battery would be the same.
I never considered Walmart re-using/reconditioning old batteries.
What is most baffling, was why it appeared fully charged just after an hour, and why the trickle charger was indicating a fault.
Weird battery/electrical issue
Hi all,
So this is my story, and I'm, sticking to it!
I have a 2010 KZ 16C hybrid...love it.
About 6 weeks ago, I went camping for the first time of the season. While I was camping, the factory battery stopped holding a charge for more than a few hours. It's 2 years old and the factory cheapo.
I drove to the local Walmart and picked up a brand spanking new Deep Cycle Marine battery (dated 04/12, $90). I replaced the factory battery with the marine battery and all was well for the remaining day.
After I got home from my trip, I put my trickle charger on the battery and let it charge for two days. The charger showed the battery at full level as did the indicator inside the camper.
I am headed out for a long weekend, so this past weekend I went out to the camper and checked things out. I turned on one of the light switches and nothing...not a glow. Ok, its been six weeks and I have an am/fm radio with a clock so I figured it just drained it down (I did not disconnect the neg terminal, nor do I have a switch).
I brought out my charger again, hooked it up (yes, properly) and after a few minutes the charger showed a fault and tripped off. Re-connected, tried again, same thing.
I plugged in shore power, went inside the camper and made sure the lights, radio, microwave were working. Then I let the on-board charger do its thing. I went out an hour later just to check the charge level and it showed full....then I went out an unplugged the shore power (OK, sometimes I'm a little slow) and returned inside to check the battery level indicator in the camper, and it still showed full.
Hmmmm...full charge in just one hour? I put a meter on the battery (still unplugged) and it showed 13.4v. Plugged it in to shore, rechecked and it showed 13.8 and rising. Checked the ground...good. Checked the reverse polarity fuses...good.
Any thoughts?
