Have a few battery related questions for the collective experience on the forum. Apologies if this has been covered in other posts but I did search before posting this but did not hit on any relevant threads.
Background: for a variety of reasons that are not important here, we took our Fleet that was delivered in May off the truck for the past month. It was stored outside. Temperatures were generally in the 50-60’s during the day and the 40’s at night. The Fleet has the standard FWC auxiliary battery system – 2 Exide AGM batteries. A Trimetric 2025RV battery monitor has been installed for measuring electrical usage and remaining capacity.
After getting the camper back on the truck, the remaining battery capacity was displayed on the monitor at 62%. While I think the monitor uses a very small amount of electricity, I can’t figure out what is causing the batteries to drain. From some of the other threads, it seems that perhaps AGM batteries are continually discharging whether they are actually in use or not. Is that true? And if so, how does everyone store their batteries when your campers are not on the trucks? I guess the real question is: do I need to figure out a way to charge the batteries while the camper is removed?
Thanks in advance for any opinions and guidance.
Background: for a variety of reasons that are not important here, we took our Fleet that was delivered in May off the truck for the past month. It was stored outside. Temperatures were generally in the 50-60’s during the day and the 40’s at night. The Fleet has the standard FWC auxiliary battery system – 2 Exide AGM batteries. A Trimetric 2025RV battery monitor has been installed for measuring electrical usage and remaining capacity.
After getting the camper back on the truck, the remaining battery capacity was displayed on the monitor at 62%. While I think the monitor uses a very small amount of electricity, I can’t figure out what is causing the batteries to drain. From some of the other threads, it seems that perhaps AGM batteries are continually discharging whether they are actually in use or not. Is that true? And if so, how does everyone store their batteries when your campers are not on the trucks? I guess the real question is: do I need to figure out a way to charge the batteries while the camper is removed?
Thanks in advance for any opinions and guidance.