PD9245 Battery Drain? [message #89353] |
Sun, 20 June 2010 19:21 |
Gary Mau
Messages: 152 Registered: February 2004 Location: Davenport, Iowa
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When reconnecting the negative cable to the house battery, with everything in the coach turned off, I saw the dreaded spark. My amp meter read about 7 milliamps. I removed all the house fuses but no change. Then I noticed the LED on the remote pendant of my PD9245 converter faintly blinking. Unplugged the pendant and the reading dropped to about 2.8 but still not zero. Anyone seen this before?
Gary Mau
Former 76 Royale owner
Davenport, IA
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Re: PD9245 Battery Drain? [message #89355 is a reply to message #89353] |
Sun, 20 June 2010 19:43 |
Gary Mau
Messages: 152 Registered: February 2004 Location: Davenport, Iowa
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I do have a radio with memory but have a switch in line which I shut off. It was shut off during this event.
Thanks for the thought.
Gary Mau
Former 76 Royale owner
Davenport, IA
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Re: PD9245 Battery Drain? [message #89370 is a reply to message #89355] |
Sun, 20 June 2010 21:27 |
roy1
Messages: 2126 Registered: July 2004 Location: Minden nevada
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Sounds like you have some detective work ahead of you. I would say you will need to have your wiring diagram handy and start disconnecting various circuits till you find which ones are the cause of your drain. I found on mine it was a 12 VCR for one and the voltage regulator on the onan also. I unplugged the VCR and removed the regulator wires as it isn't needed in the later coaches.
Roy
76 x glen brook
Roy Keen
Minden,NV
76 X Glenbrook
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Re: PD9245 Battery Drain? [message #89384 is a reply to message #89353] |
Mon, 21 June 2010 00:43 |
Ken Burton
Messages: 10030 Registered: January 2004 Location: Hebron, Indiana
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7 ma. is nothing. Do not worry about it. A modern automobile body computer draws a little less than 20 ma. when it is sleeping.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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Re: PD9245 Battery Drain? [message #89389 is a reply to message #89384] |
Mon, 21 June 2010 06:22 |
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WD0AFQ
Messages: 7111 Registered: November 2004 Location: Dexter, Mo.
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I have a constant 1/2 amp draw that I have never located. I do not sweat the small stuff.
Dan
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