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hkitty

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Posted: 07/20/09 04:06am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

We have a 2001 Beaver Marquis with electric problems (2 hrs TV dry camp kills house battries) at times water pump sends light s to blinking. I think it is possed.Any help as to good east coast help .

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Hkitty, I had an electric gremlin once. When the air pressure built up the air horn would come on full blast and current would go to other area with out being on. Had a time chasing it down. Son in law was aircraft mechanic and came and looked at it. Believe it or not, it was just a simple ground terminal that had come loose. Removed terminal from coach and wirebrushed area good and replaced. Everything worked fine after that. sky

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What is the ampacity of your batteries? What is the kW rating of the TV? Maybe 2 hrs. is all you can get.


Let's rethink this whole "I hope I die before I get old" thing.

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Have you checked the water level in the batteries?

What batteries do you have?

How many?

How old?

Best answer is to charge them completely and have them LOAD TESTED. Most places that sell batteries will do this for free. But, they have to be fully charged for the test to be valid.

And, NO WAY should two hours run down a good battery bank in your coach.

Are you sure the inverter is not supporting other high-draw loads such as refrigerator, etc?


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I assume we are talking about 4 six volt batteries

Check the "water" level in your batteries... add distilled water only to correct level.
Charge batteries.
Check specific gravity of each cell... tester about $4.00.. specs on tester
Test voltage of batteries.. should be about 13.2
If specific gravity is good and voltage varies on batteries (12 volts on one bank and 13 volts on another) try an equalizing charge to the batteries.


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