We had been keeping on eye on our cranking battery and starting the coach about every 7 days.
Had the idea
to check drain on the battery and found the B.I.R.D draws a quarter amp. pulled the fuse and then next morning the battery was dead. Emergency start didn't work and the dash radio that I had pulled the fuse on was blinking after we did get the coach started. We used the gen set and a charger we carry to get the cranking battery back up.
End result was I added a 100 watt panel to keep the battery up until we get home this fall. At that time I will really getting into what is wired to what and how. Plans are to replace the house batteries with Exides and may change out the cranking battery. Will add a second charge controller and wiring with switching so a solar panel can be switched to the cranking battery as desired.
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