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Subject:Re: Aux battery hookup
From:Don Hanson
Date:Thu, 7 May 2015 06:39:04 -0700

That seems about normal....24hrs of refrigeration is about what I've seen
from battery....

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 4:46 AM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Still working on my 88 GL w/ manual tranny. I have run an aux battery for
> several years when camping. I decided to convert the system using GOWESTY's
> aux. battery hookup system and 3 Universal UB12220- 22amp deep cycle
> wheelchair batteries. I did all the wiring as per instructions. Added the
> new Truckfridge refrigerator, GOWESTY solar panel etc. all power to the
> fridge, solar panel setup are not connected yet. The problem that is
> happening is the batteries are being depleted of power continuously. The
> first 24 hrs it dropped from 12.9 to 11.9 amps. Something is draining it .
> I thought I read in the archives about the possibility of one of the
> batteries being bad. Any thoughts hope to get out of here before haying
> season starts.😗
>
> Dennis Jowell
> Scotch Hollow Farm
> Newbury, Vermont
>