09-06-2018, 06:13 AM
Gurus,
So I am camped out at a dog show for four days. My plan was to run the generator during the day and run off battery at night. As soon as I turned off the generator (and started running the inverter)....I noticed a huge power draw. Even with mostly everything turned off, I was still drawing 50 amps! My batteries are near the end of their life, but with draws like these, I won't last an hour!
The Aquahot was not running, nor was the fridge. So I am off to try and identify what is drawing all that power.
While I was looking, the 120V compressor kicked on. It was pulling 30amps. (The inverter said the draw was 13 amps before it turned on and 43 amps after it turned on). How can that be? I looked up the Thomas air compressor and the specs call for something like 5 amps.
So...Does anyone have insight into looking at the power pulls in their coach? My first thought is to get my clamp on ammeter and try to read the wires in the breaker box next to the inverter.
Thanks,
bill
So I am camped out at a dog show for four days. My plan was to run the generator during the day and run off battery at night. As soon as I turned off the generator (and started running the inverter)....I noticed a huge power draw. Even with mostly everything turned off, I was still drawing 50 amps! My batteries are near the end of their life, but with draws like these, I won't last an hour!
The Aquahot was not running, nor was the fridge. So I am off to try and identify what is drawing all that power.
While I was looking, the 120V compressor kicked on. It was pulling 30amps. (The inverter said the draw was 13 amps before it turned on and 43 amps after it turned on). How can that be? I looked up the Thomas air compressor and the specs call for something like 5 amps.
So...Does anyone have insight into looking at the power pulls in their coach? My first thought is to get my clamp on ammeter and try to read the wires in the breaker box next to the inverter.
Thanks,
bill
Bill Johnson
Birmingham, Alabama