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Old 06-03-2009, 08:39 AM   #2
Bob86ZZ4
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Also, shouldn't the voltage at the truck batteries be 13.4v when the switch is set to that position and the charger is powered from shore power? Something is goofy here. I don't have any problem running a 8 guage wire from the charger directly to the main switch terminal if that's going to solve my problem. The main reason I am trying to figure all this out is that right after buying my rig I had to replace all 5 batteries. They were all crap. The truck had been sitting on the dealers lot for almost a year and a half. So, I just figured they hadn't kept the batteries fully charged and let them freeze over the winter and killed them. But, I also now notice when I've got the fantastic fan running in the bathroom and I flush the toilet the fan slows down noticably, like it's losing amps/volts. Then after the head is done flushing it speeds back up. That's when I started checking everything with my voltage meter and found this.
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