Newbie Mistake - It's Not My Fault

[Jerry Winchester]

Phase I

Well after charging with the inverter for 24 hrs at +/-15 amps, I fired the generator up this evening for a little 50 amp action. I am up to about 13 volts and everything has restarted or reset. Of course the coach batteries were dead as I had the 24v charger on them and when the power went out the DDEC computer and associated parasitic power draw pulled them to under 20 volts.

An hour of charging at 45 amps cured that and the coach started fine. And even though the air bled off the tag axle, the front of the coach stayed up and still didn't lean. WooHoo.

But my OTR AC only cools down to 50 deg. What's up with that?

Kevin, Bus valet parking? Only on the Left Coast

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Jerry,

I am not real familiar with Royale so maybe someone who is should respond here, but on both my coaches when I turned the key off there was zero drain on my bus batteries. I can go months and the batteries hold the charge.

You might want to find that current draw.

[Jerry Winchester]

Jon,

I wish it was the same with me, but there are a plethora of things running off the coach power with the key off starting with small things like the back up camera power switch (illuminated), two clocks, toad brake system receiver (wireless) and on to bigger things I can't see. If I need to leave it for a month and expect it to start, the 12V disconnect on the dash or above the coach batteries must be activated.

But the good news is that the house batteries are charged back to peak as are the coach batteries and so far everything is okay. I spent the day cleaning the engine, air compressor / AquaHot area (after you ripped me about it), installing a new toggle switch on the shore power alarm, cleaning the aux air condensate drain, reinstalling the wood trim in the compressor bay and checking the air in all the tires. In 98 deg heat and 98% humidity, I was sweating like Lew at a weigh station.