Dead Batteries

[john nepper jr.]

I've checked all of the fuses and cannot find the source of the battery
drain (engine) that leaves me without starting power...
The following is what I've done to my '76 Palm Beach:
1) Checked all fuses in the glovebox and found nothing on the meter.
2) I replaced the battery isolator.
3) Installed a throw switch on the house batteries that I open when I
leave the coach parked.
4) Took off the leads from the battery and held a 12v light bulb in the
circut, nothing.

Has anyone else had this problem and found the solution?

Thanks, John '76 Palm Beach, Omaha

 

[thomas g. warner]

John pull the positive lead off the battery and put your meter in current
function in series with the battery terminal and the battery cable. If you
do not read a current flow than the battery has an internal short and is
causing the problem.

>I've checked all of the fuses and cannot find the source of the battery
>drain (engine) that leaves me without starting power...
>The following is what I've done to my '76 Palm Beach:
>1) Checked all fuses in the glovebox and found nothing on the meter.
>2) I replaced the battery isolator.
>3) Installed a throw switch on the house batteries that I open when I
>leave the coach parked.
>4) Took off the leads from the battery and held a 12v light bulb in the
>circut, nothing.
>
>Has anyone else had this problem and found the solution?
>
>Thanks, John '76 Palm Beach, Omaha
>
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach

 

[john nepper jr.]

It takes about 2-3 weeks to run down (I think) and Yes the boost switch
will start the beast.

>
> John,
>
> How long does it take to run down? If you disconnect the battery (take one of
> the cables off) does it run down? If you hit the boost switch will it start?
>
> David

 

[mr.c]

If you have the time, disconnect the positive lead from the battery.
Connect, in series, an ampmeter, going from + on the cable to - on the
meter and from + on the meter to the + on the battery. Read what is going
on. If some current is passing through the system, that measn something
is drawing the battery down. Then remove one fuse at a time until you
find the one that is passing current through it. That one will be the
circuit that has something on, shorted, or somehow running the battery
down. Hope this helps.
al

> I've checked all of the fuses and cannot find the source of the battery
> drain (engine) that leaves me without starting power...
> The following is what I've done to my '76 Palm Beach:
> 1) Checked all fuses in the glovebox and found nothing on the meter.
> 2) I replaced the battery isolator.
> 3) Installed a throw switch on the house batteries that I open when I
> leave the coach parked.
> 4) Took off the leads from the battery and held a 12v light bulb in the
> circut, nothing.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem and found the solution?
>
> Thanks, John '76 Palm Beach, Omaha