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Re: Parasitic drain on my 1990 grand villa

Reply #25 –
Quote from: Lon and Cheryl –
Several years ago I installed a new LN alternator. My chassis batteries would be dead in a few days after sitting.
One day I laid my hand on the alternator and it felt warm. I removed the voltage regulator mounted to the alternator and found a short in the regulator. I replaced the regulator and all was well.
Yeah that's interesting
Quote from: Protech Racing –
Disconnect the charge wire at the Alternator.
Yeah thanks Mike , that will be the wire that runs from alternator to centre lobe on the battery isolator is that correct thanks kev
1990 foretravel grandvilla, Oshkosh chassis
8.2ltr Detroit turbo

Re: Parasitic drain on my 1990 grand villa

Reply #26 –
 What did you find?

Re: Parasitic drain on my 1990 grand villa

Reply #27 –
Quote from: Protech Racing –
What did you find?
Hya mike , I haven't  progressed anymore for the last few days, should be up at the villa on Friday now , I'm gonna do as suggested by one of the members and check how many amps I'm actually losing, then I'm gonna check again with the radio fuse out, I keep the gas switch off all the time at the moment, the main tank ran out of gas about 5 year ago , and I temporarily fitted a propane bottle outside as I haven't been able to get anywhere to fill the main tank , hopefully that wont be too long now , when it is full again I'm gonna do what was suggested by another member and straight pipe it, do without the gas switch completely , then IL just get a normal household gas detector ,bit similar to a carbon monoxide detector , they run off batteries . I'm hoping to take out on the road and have it's first vehicle safety check since 2010 , it's been a long time ,  hopefully first of September I will take it out ,have to drive about 50 miles to the nearest testing station ,no testing station near where I live has a big enough ramp or pit for this vehicle , it's gonna be nerve racking first time for ages , hope your ok mate , but yeah hopefully weekend I should have found if I have an issue or not  thanks for asking ,cheers kev
1990 foretravel grandvilla, Oshkosh chassis
8.2ltr Detroit turbo

Re: Parasitic drain on my 1990 grand villa

Reply #28 –
Well ,I went up there as planned yesterday the power drain was definitely the radio memory , the draw I had was 4 mili Amps ,and when I pulled fuse ,it went to zero amps ,    that is sutch a small power drain that is not worth worrying about , the other power drain was obviously from gas solenoid switch and that is off all the time , and from now on it will stay off and manually switch it on when I need to use gas, and turn off each time I finish using it ,  the other drain on house batteries ,was similar that was definitely the clock memory I've never even used that clock ,I thought I had switched it off cause never anything displaying but just overlooked the fact about the memory, it's simple things like that ,that can make ya think you have a bigger problem than you really have , thanks everyone for all your  help and advise  kev
1990 foretravel grandvilla, Oshkosh chassis
8.2ltr Detroit turbo

Re: Parasitic drain on my 1990 grand villa

Reply #29 –
While at Risch Rv getting slide bladders replaced I noticed that every time he repositions you even to the parking lot he plugs you into a 50 amp receptacle immediately. This tells me there is a large parasitic draw. Next to cut-off switches on both battery sets a shore power line even a 20 amp one is needed. Jim.
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Re: Parasitic drain on my 1990 grand villa

Reply #30 –
Quote from: fourdayoff –
While at Risch Rv getting slide bladders replaced I noticed that every time he repositions you even to the parking lot he plugs you into a 50 amp receptacle immediately. This tells me there is a large parasitic draw. Next to cut-off switches on both battery sets a shore power line even a 20 amp one is needed. Jim.
IL be honest Ive never reallyused the plug in on mine ,I did try plugging it into the mains years ago and it tripped the switch ,it may have been cause I plugged into 240 volt as I live in UK could be why it tripped the switch maybe for some reason that wasn't converted when first imported in 1990 , the generator seems to put out 240 and 110 volt when it last worked about 10 year ago ,  the problem is the generator needs new points and plugs and leads , but I can't see a way into it to change them , I'm seriously thinking of cutting a hole in the floor directly above where I need to get at and fitting a hatch to it , but to be honest that's more of a job to do when I finally get the vehicle back on the road and I managed with solar about 8 months of the year but then come October to end of Febuary even on a sunny day all day the sun doesn't really rise enough so I bought myself a little small generator off temu only 700 watt output, and once a week I fire it up and run to battery chargers off it ,one to house batteries and one to vehicle batteries and also I run a repair cycle takes four hrs and gives the batteries a good desulphation, I have been thinking of removing the onan completely , I don't really need it and will get rid of some weight aswell , I could then put it on a trolley with it's on portable gas bottle , and just use it if I ever need to do any welding, the Aircon motors up on the roof have totally disintegrated, and I intend to buy a good 12 volt Aircon like they use in the trucks but where I live temperatures don't really get that hot that I need it unless I was planning on going to Spain again, having one of these is like the forth bridge in Scotland ,start one end and by the time you finish the other end is time to start again
          Kev
1990 foretravel grandvilla, Oshkosh chassis
8.2ltr Detroit turbo