Dupa
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ssthrd wrote:I leave both my camper and my trailer plugged in to my running truck (my cords are plenty long enough) until I get the thing where I want it. Then unplug and drive away............ No draw on the batteries at all as far as I can tell.
Maybe your genny isn't large enough.
I've got two of the Honda 2000 gens (they are new and in good running cond.), so that should be plenty big enough?
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Krusty
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Get one of those booster packs and connect it to your batteries while you are using the jacks. Or disconnect them from the batteries completely and just use the booster pack until you have the camper where you want it.
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enblethen
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The converter when powered via shore power or genset should feed the jacks adding to the battery power.
Something is not right in your campers wiring!
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Dupa wrote:2oldman wrote:Run the generator while removing the camper.
That was my first thought as well but, unfortunately, the jacks only draw from the battery. So whether I am connected to the truck, gens or shore power while loading/unloading, the jacks discharge the batteries much faster than the truck/gen/shore can replenish. Still that would be better than not using the gen, right?
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Dupa wrote:
I've got two of the Honda 2000 gens (they are new and in good running cond.), so that should be plenty big enough? Yes, sounds like your converter isn't big enough.
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Sounds like a converter issue, generator outputs AC, when running the converter should convert to 12v for charging batteries, I can have almost dead batteries and as long as I get the generator started I can use my jacks without issue and I have a heavy camper.
I would put a voltmeter on your batteries and see what they are doing with the genny on and operating the jacks.
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I’ve periodically lifted and lowered my #4400 (dry) Eagle Cap camper off and on for 13 years, mostly using two Interstate or Costco golf cart batteries (but since having switched to lithium ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile") )…I’ve never had the problem your having EXCEPT when a cell or two was getting weak on the golf cart batteries, in which case even the slideout struggled…The fix was to replace the wet-cell batteries…BTW, the batteries showed no other indication of weakness ‘whatsoever’!!
Time to get new batteries…
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Dupa wrote:2oldman wrote:Run the generator while removing the camper.
That was my first thought as well but, unfortunately, the jacks only draw from the battery. So whether I am connected to the truck, gens or shore power while loading/unloading, the jacks discharge the batteries much faster than the truck/gen/shore can replenish.
If you have the 12v DC charging cord for your generator, try hooking it directly to your camper batteries while running your generator rather than running it through your converter when raising or lowering your camper?
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ICamel wrote:Dupa wrote:2oldman wrote:Run the generator while removing the camper.
That was my first thought as well but, unfortunately, the jacks only draw from the battery. So whether I am connected to the truck, gens or shore power while loading/unloading, the jacks discharge the batteries much faster than the truck/gen/shore can replenish.
If you have the 12v DC charging cord for your generator, try hooking it directly to your camper batteries while running your generator rather than running it through your converter when raising or lowering your camper?
FWIW, the 12v dc current output from my honda 2200i generator falls far short of the current output from my OEM 45a Progressive Dynamics converter charger…Either way, the owners manual belonging to my truck camper specifies not to operate jacks from any source other than the batteries…
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But it does no harm to be pumping juice into the batteries while drawing from them. Kinda how it works.
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