

| Subject: | Re: Aux battery hookup |
| From: | Dennis Jowell |
| Date: | Thu, 7 May 2015 10:12:59 -0400 |
I'll check it out when I get back to my farm. I have a good meter. Maybe the radio pulling in the power. On Thursday, May 7, 2015, Jon VO <jondvo@gmail.com> wrote: > How much current is being drawn? If you have a decent meter ( reads 10A > scale), should give you an idea. I have about 50mA draw from the two CO & > CO2 warning units. > Jon > > On 5/7/2015 7:51 AM, Dennis Jowell wrote: > >> Don, >> Refrigerator is not hookup. Still have the amp drop. Only thing that >> might be running is the dash clock, and radio which is turned off. >> >> Dennis Jowell >> Scotch Hollow Farm >> Newbury, Vermont >> >> >> On May 7, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> 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 >>>> >>> > -- Dennis Jowell Scotch Hollow Farm Newbury, Vermont
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