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11/04/2019 7:52 AM

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Anonymous

The last two mornings I have gotten a warning message “low house battery voltage detected”. The first morning I had my Aqua Hot furnace running on electric during the night (it showed 11.9 amps) and the batteries charged back up during the day after I turned off the furnace. I didn’t use the furnace last night but when I went to bed I saw that the batteries lost some of the voltage (12.2 amps).

I have the house and chassis battery switch turned on (I’m a full timer) and it’s plugged into 50 amp power. I also have a solar panel to keep the batteries charged. I keep the water level on the batteries filled (I use the Flow-Rite RV2000). I don’t do any boondocking.

I have a 2019 Fleetwood Discovery LXE 40M

11/05/2019 8:10 AM

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There's so many variables. If I'm correct since you are plugged in to shore power all of your charging is done through that and solar power waits until you are unplugged. Once unplugged the inverter switch is turned on and solar begins to work when the sun is shining enough and the solar plates are clean. There are so many variables with solar (cloudy day, dirty plates, position of plates to the sun.) that it would be impossible to make a judgement. But since you are on shore power (120 V) check those breakers and fuses and not the solar system.

11/08/2019 10:27 AM

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Anonymous

It seems obvious, but before going too far be sure you batteries and grounds are good.