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masterdrago · 11-22-2017, 08:39 PM

We did our first shakedown camp not far from the house this last week. We had an interesting experience doing the level up due to the pad being heavily tilted towards the lake. I ended up pulling out and backing onto a couple of 2x8 to raise the wheels so the "grounding jacks" operation could sense near level during the first step. It would not do it without being closer to level at beginning of the process.

The other bigger issue was that the battery never showed more than 12.3 volts unless hooked to the running truck. I was somehow under the impression that when hooked to land-line that the battery got charged somehow. I'm good with most things electrical but the new to me rv electric stuff is just weird - inverter, converter, 12vdc for this, 120vac for that just rocks my understanding. No wiring diagram supplied anywhere I could find. Do these things charge the battery?

11-22-2017, 08:39 PM	#1
masterdrago Montana Master Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Willis Posts: 896 M.O.C. #20587	Battery Voltage Issue on New 3791 We did our first shakedown camp not far from the house this last week. We had an interesting experience doing the level up due to the pad being heavily tilted towards the lake. I ended up pulling out and backing onto a couple of 2x8 to raise the wheels so the "grounding jacks" operation could sense near level during the first step. It would not do it without being closer to level at beginning of the process. The other bigger issue was that the battery never showed more than 12.3 volts unless hooked to the running truck. I was somehow under the impression that when hooked to land-line that the battery got charged somehow. I'm good with most things electrical but the new to me rv electric stuff is just weird - inverter, converter, 12vdc for this, 120vac for that just rocks my understanding. No wiring diagram supplied anywhere I could find. Do these things charge the battery?