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Old 03-21-2018, 01:29 AM   #25
bigben
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Challenger 37TB
State: Kentucky
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Originally Posted by DanChateau33SW View Post
I w\started checking the water levels yesterday and found most of the cable loose on the batteries. I tightened all of them and had a lot better luck with the batteries after that. I ran a test for an hour with the fridge on the inverter and the voltage only dropped from 12.5 to 12.1 under a full compressor run. the fridge had been off for the past few days, and it has been in the upper 80s here in south FL the last few days, so the fridge was pretty warm. I am going to give this a run for the next trip, but will add a 400W Renogy array very soon to help out with day to day maintenance charge and helping to offset battery power when we are stopped.
Dan - right way to proceed. All the number crunching you can do will only give you a start point.
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