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Location: pineville,mo | If your marine batteries are weak will that make your hydraulic jack and generator not want to work but is very weak even if plugged into 110 volts |
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Location: Los Angeles, Ca. | Jack and generator both need good batteries to work properly. If the batteries are run down, it may take awhile to get charged enough to make them work. Make sure your converter is working properly. Put a multimeter on the batteries. Voltage should be above 13v if the converter is working. If not, check fuses on converter. |
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Location: Washington | Check your fuses for the converter/inverter. I had one blown once. Seems like it was a 30 or 40 amp fuse. Also, always make sure that your battery cables and wiring are in good condition and connections are clean and tight. Many a 12 volt DC problem starts there. |
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Location: pineville,mo | One of the batteries are very warm and can even hear it bubbling a little,monitor show batteries as fair and weak with the red light,they are them d---- wally world 2.5 years old and suppose to be no maintainence ,I knew better when I purchaced them will have interstate in it next so not sure if converter or batteries I guess they can get real warm and not take charge when they go bad? will also check fuses closer tomorrow |
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Location: pineville,mo | Interior lights work but the other day were very weak until I plugged into 110 |
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Location: pineville,mo | Should the hydraulic jack work on 110 volts even with the battery box turned off |
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Location: Los Angeles, Ca. | probably not....might draw more amps than the converter can supply. If fuses are blown,not a chance. The converters job is to charge the batteries as well as provide power to 12v appliances,lights, etc.... not supply high amps to run things like jack motors or pumps. |
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Location: Los Angeles, Ca. | Try leaving everything off and the trailer plugged into 110v overnight. Unplug from 110v disconnect batteries (undo terminals) in the morning. Let sit for a couple of hours. Measure charge with a volt-meter (cheap at any big box). Battery charge should then be 12.6-12.7v if fully charged. You might have one battery that is bad and is sucking the life out of the good one. If one is bad , best to replace both. |
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Location: pineville,mo | It was the batteries although only 2 years old I have discovered almost all marine batteries are only warranted 1 year
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Location: Vermont | Originally written by mulerider01 on 2016-04-26 1:05 PM
It was the batteries although only 2 years old I have discovered almost all marine batteries are only warranted 1 year Yes...warranties for Marine/RV and/or commercial are relatively short... http://www.interstatebatteries.com/static/pdf/warranty/IB_warranty_... |
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Location: Upstate NY | depending upon how often you use your batteries and how much space you have, you could consider going with a larger battery still staying in the same voltage but upping the CCA. My friend has had good luck with his electrical system which runs on Trojan Batteries, i've had ok luck with mine running on Crown batteries.to help prolong life if you don't use your trailer in the winter, pull the batteries into the basement and hook up to a battery tender there so they don't risk freezing if you are in a colder climate |
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