Love the new RV - looking to find out if it is me or the batteries.....
Picked up new 2014 3170DS and it is great. We did option the dual batteries but when we drive for about an hour (even with the TVs off) the batteries read at a 1/3 by the end.
I charge them up and no matter what they seem to read out at a 1/3 after an hour or maybe two.....
What you're reporting is not normal...you must have some large drain on the batteries or a short to ground. If the dealer is close by, let them figure it out.
What you're reporting is not normal...you must have some large drain on the batteries or a short to ground. If the dealer is close by, let them figure it out.
Dave
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--2009 Sunseeker 2860DS (Class C)
- one Hotwife, and two boys under 2(with one on the way!)
1) Climate Control on Refrigerator - A DC powered heater - Turn off on battery power
2) Inverter - What is plugged in/turned on while "watching TV"?
A battery monitoring system will let you know what is drawing power (amps out) And the actual state of battery charge. (Those lights are useless without the conversion chart. attached)
Inverters are high draw items. If you have a 1200 watt AC load, (TV, Sound system, computer, phone charger) you need 1200 watts of power supplied by the battery. 1200 watts is 12 volts x 100 amps.
If you have "normal" OEM batteries they have about 75 Amp Hours of capacity. (so two will have a total available capacity of 150 amp hours.)
You would need to use the Peukert Effect conversion graph (also attached) to degrade the battery's capacity to the true ability to deliver current at that high amp draw.
Depending on what you are actually using off the inverter and the actual size in Amp Hours of your bank, 1-2 hours to dead is about right.
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Lou & Freya the wonder dog
2008 GMC Sierra 3000HD Allison Duramax
2019 Flagstaff 8529FL
We are leaving soon for a 10 day vacation. We to have a one month old 3170DSF with two 6volt coach batteries. I will keep an eye out and let you know. Really have not paid battery charge state any attention.
How does yours drive? Steering seem OK? Just ask'in.
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2014 Sunseeker 3170 DSF
Dorothy, Garrette and Miss Bella.
Retired and having fun.
(2) 6v? custom install? Did I talk yo you on the phone...wood shims on the step area?
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From the factory we put in (2) 12V batteries. We had a guy put in (2) 6V batteries, but they are taller than 12V, so he made an oak shim to raise the step well area. Thought maybe that was you.
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If you have batteries similar to the ones in our coach, each battery has two rectangular caps that plug three fill ports each. The batteries look like no maintenance batteries but they are not. You will have pry the caps off and top off the cells periodically. They will loose a little water even if you don't run on just batteries often because the convertor is constantly giving a little charge to maintain them. Check them once per month.
Use distilled water.
Also, be sure to switch the battery disconnect off when you aren't using it so the small amount of parasitic power usage doesn't kill your batteries.