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Old 06-28-2020, 02:07 AM   #1
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Parasitic draw??
I recently spent a week boondocking with my new chateau 22E. I installed a Victron 720 battery monitor before the trip and I noticed a constant 0.5 Amp drain, even when everything seems turned off. Playing with the fuses on the DC circuits I managed to identify the Audio/Video circuit as the culprit. Anyone knows why this is happening and how to get rid of it (besides taking the fuse off of course)?

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Old 06-28-2020, 02:12 AM   #2
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Is it the power to the radio to maintain the clock and the radio pre-selects?
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Old 06-28-2020, 03:18 AM   #3
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I didn't think of this but that sounds like a possibility!
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Old 06-28-2020, 03:28 AM   #4
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.5 amp sounds like a lot for the radio memory line which I thought was on the chassis side anyway. But .5 amp sounds about right for the TV antenna amplifier.
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Old 06-28-2020, 03:32 AM   #5
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The amplifier was my first guess indeed. So I hopped on the roof, unscrewed the cover of the Winegard connect 2.0 and unplugged the power feed. This turned the LEDs in the sim card box off but didn't make a substantial difference to current drawn ...
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,5 also includes the CO and LP detectors. They must be powered at all times. The radio circuit is the house radio. Not the dash radio.
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Is it the power to the radio to maintain the clock and the radio pre-selects?
yes.
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,5 also includes the CO and LP detectors. They must be powered at all times. The radio circuit is the house radio. Not the dash radio.

I don't have a house radio ...

I still haven't found a fix other than taking the fuse out ... which is not very satisfactory but works ;-)
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The amplifier was my first guess indeed. So I hopped on the roof, unscrewed the cover of the Winegard connect 2.0 and unplugged the power feed. This turned the LEDs in the sim card box off but didn't make a substantial difference to current drawn ...
I think this has been debated before, but according to this page:

https://winegard.com/products/cellul.../connect-2-4g2

The Winegard Connect 2.0 has nothing to do with OTA TV so it would not have the TV amplifier in it.
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