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[fivekitties]

Originally Posted by blw2

Having learned the hard and expensive way too many times with my boat and old popup, One the very first things I did when I bought the motorhome was to order two disconnect switches

like this - BS200 Top Post Battery Master Disconnect Switch

one for the house battery
and one for the chassis engine battery.
When I park it to stow even for a night if not plugged in (and not camping), I disconnect both batteries

It was my first time using this type of switch. A lot cheaper than a marine type and working fine after a year of use.

May I ask what you mean by the hard and expensive way? This really is my first RV ever. I jumped right in and bought a class a. I love the size, I love the functionality, but I'm completely new at the technical aspects of it.

I'm starting to think that I drained my battery is completely dead. I hit the storage switch on my RV yesterday when I left it in storage, I went back today and hit the USE switch and the generator would not start either. I had to start the engine to get the generator to start.

I've never filled the water on my house batteries and I have about 30 hours on my generator. I'm starting to think they're completely out of water and just not taking a charge. I'll check that tomorrow.

It looks like I'll have to take it back to Camping World and, with my head held hello, ask them what I've done wrong.