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Old 07-13-2014, 12:59 AM   #1
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1994 Southwind Battery keeps dying

on my 3rd new battery, each new one only registers to the M in NORMAL on the dash gauge for battery status. something is draining it I'm told. I did, for my first time since owning it, try to lower the leveling jacks, only the front left came partly down and refused to go back up. Could it be that it is continuously trying to retract and that is what is draining the battery? Also after the first new battery went in a DC24 from Walmart the radio would not work (didn't even light up, as if it had no power) and the chirpy chirp alarm that goes off when I turn off the engine doesn't happen anymore either. Can anyone lend me their expertise in coming up with some solves for this dilemma?

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The dash gauge only shows that it is charging, does not indicate state of charge.

I would test battery load, an inline test ammeter goes between the negative post and cable. A preliminary test can be with a volt meter, test with motor off and on, should see battery state when off and charge state when it's running.

State of charge by voltage on 12v batt chart:

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