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Originally Posted by slomarsh
Wondering if anyone on the forum might shed some light on this.
Our 2017 Axis batteries were going dead while in storage. I installed a cut off switch on the Chassis (engine) battery (negative side) With the switch cut off, if I turn the ignition key on, the dash lights up and the engine solenoid clicks!
I verified the cut off switch was breaking the negative continuity to ground. My volt meter indicates the house batteries and the engine battery are always tied together-Even if I put the house batteries in "store" position.
Is this normal?
Thanks in advance.
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No. I agree that the Trombetta switch is probably closed. This could be the result of several causes. 1) Sometimes relay contacts weld together enough that the internal spring does not open the contacts when the relay coil is not energized and 2) The trombetta may be closing because the engine battery is being sensed as low and the trombetta seeing that the engine battery is low, closes the relay to the house batteries, resulting in power to the ignition switch from the house batteries.
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