The one that harbor freight sells on sale for about $5 is ummmm, pretty
worthless for actually charging the battery.  I think it will maintain the
charge on one that is already fully charged though.  That's been my
experience.
Edward

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Jeremy Stovin <jjstov@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks everyone. Keep the tips coming.
>
> I did pull the battery and took it in to test. They confirmed its dead.
>
> I decided to take one persons's advice and getting a Les Schwab 41XT.
> Have not bought it yet, so if there are any bad feedback, let me know now.
>
> I was thinking of getting a charger/maintainer that would plug into the
> outlet under the sink, so it would charge when the van is plugged into
> shore power. Question. Can I just leave that set up like that? The
> alternator charging when running is not going to cause a problem? Is there
> one brand or type better than others? I see inexpensive ones at Harbor
> Freight, then others with prices all over the place.
>
> Was also thinking of getting a battery cutoff switch. Good idea or bad?
>
> Once I get the battery in, I can start looking for the draw.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jun 22, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Joel Salter joel.salter@gmail.com
> [wetwesties] <wetwesties-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> >
> > Take battery into the Baxters or O'Reilly's ask them to test the
> condition of it. I'm sure there are other battery testing facilities as
> well.
> >
> > Your voltage drain is another story. Suggest making a list of everything
> that uses electricity and then going through and checking all wires,
> disconnecting while watching your digital multi meter for change in reading.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Jun 21, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Jeremy Stovin jjstov@yahoo.com
> [wetwesties] <wetwesties-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I am at my wits end with my aux battery. Trying to figure out the cause
> of the problem. Definitely there isn't a draw somewhere. Or so I thought.
> But my knowledge base on this is limited.
> >>
> >> Wiring is not standard by a long shot.
> >>
> >> The problem from last season is the battery seems to run down way too
> quickly. I have multiple things powered by it, but I thought when the car
> runs, the alternator would charge it through the main battery. (There is an
> isolator between for when it's off.)
> >>
> >> So, the battery, which I bought last summer, was dead. So my plan was
> to charge it, then try to figure out which connection has the draw when
> everything is off (top guesses are radio and truckfridge). Before hand, I
> disco once everything from the aux battery. I test it and it was like a 5v.
> I plug the van into an electricity source (home outlet) then plug my
> charger into the outlet inside the van, and then clips to positive and
> negative. I leave it overnight.
> >>
> >> I go out this morning, disconnect the charger and test. 12.26v with
> some fluctuations. I leave it. I come back 20 min later, and test it again
> and it reads 11.14v. This, I think, is telling me the battery is not
> holding a charge. This was a new battery when I bought it. How could I kill
> it so badly, if I did? I bought this battery new because I wanted to take
> the old previous battery out of the equation. But do I have such a draw
> that I'm killing batteries so quickly?
> >>
> >> I'd like to get more info before I buy a new battery. The current one
> is just a basic from Car Quest. My next one may be the expensive deep cycle.
> >>
> >> Can some patient people try to tell me what I'm doing wrong, and maybe
> walk me through some next steps.
> >>
> >> Any other info needed on this, let me know
> >>
> >> Jeremy, '87 Westy
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
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