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I am having an issue with my batteries holding their charge while our trailer is in storage, and I am hope that someone might have an idea of what possible parasitic draws might be causing this? We have a 2022 Escape 21C with 2 lithium batteries. It is not connected to shore power, and it is being stored with the battery disconnect switch in the off position, which in our model means the propane detector is disconnected. We charged the batteries two weeks ago and now they are almost dead. The only draw on the batteries, that I know of, are the battery monitor and the two solar controllers. I know they are all still receiving power because I am able to connect to all of them by bluetooth. The solar controllers are not receiving power from the solar panels because they are covered and both controllers have the Charger Enable switch in the off position. I am assuming that these devices would have a very small draw and would not be enough to drain 2 - 100Ah batteries in less than two weeks. The battery monitor shows that only 1.4Ah have been consumed over the two week period and whenever I check the monitor to see if there is any draw, the current reads 0.00A and the power reads 0W. Does anyone have any suggestions on what the parasitic draws might be?
Where we have our trailer stored for the winter, it is a bit of a hassle to get access to shore power, so I think until I get this figured out I will just disconnect the batteries. Other than removing the negative terminals first, does anyone have any suggestions on the order I disconnect the battery terminals?
Does it matter which negative terminal I disconnect first?
Can I leave the battery shunt connected to the board and just slip the batteries out from underneath if I decide to remove the batteries from the trailer?
Thank you as always for your assistance.
Where we have our trailer stored for the winter, it is a bit of a hassle to get access to shore power, so I think until I get this figured out I will just disconnect the batteries. Other than removing the negative terminals first, does anyone have any suggestions on the order I disconnect the battery terminals?
Does it matter which negative terminal I disconnect first?
Can I leave the battery shunt connected to the board and just slip the batteries out from underneath if I decide to remove the batteries from the trailer?
Thank you as always for your assistance.