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ccsmith51 · 03-23-2018, 05:03 PM

Can someone explain to me how the solar panel that is mounted to the roof AC on my 2007 Fleetwood Discover is connected to the circuit, when it funtions, when the LED lights, etc? I can find nothing about it in my manuals or in an internet search.

I have a problem with my chassis (main???) batteries going down in a few days. I have the Main and Aux (house??) battery switches off, the ignition off, but something is draining the battery. Any thoughts on that?

I drove it for at least 50 miles on Wednesday. Is that enough to give the battery a full charge?

If the Main and Aux battery switches are off, should there be anything drawing power from the house batteries?

Thanks!!

OLD1SGT · 03-23-2018, 05:35 PM

There are a lot of things that are plowed from the chassis battery, the steps for one..
I had to install a chassis disconnect switch to keep my battery from going dead.. I have a small solar panel on my unit also but only is charging the House batteries..
I also found out the chassis battery is not being charged when I’m on AC power. I added a battery tender to the chassis battery and have no problems.
If I’m not on AC I use the disconnect to keep the chassis battery from draining over time when setting..

vsheetz · 03-23-2018, 06:05 PM

The solar panel is a small battery charger for maintaing the chassis batteries.

Several things are connected directly to the house batteries. Such as the propane / CO2 detector. And notably the inverter. The salesman switch at the entry door nor battery cutoff switch near the house batteries disconnect these items.

70ChevelleSS · 03-24-2018, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by vsheetz

The solar panel is a small battery charger for maintaing the chassis batteries.

Several things are connected directly to the house batteries. Such as the propane / CO2 detector. And notably the inverter. The salesman switch at the entry door nor battery cutoff switch near the house batteries disconnect these items.

Typically the solar panel charges the house or coach batteries, not the chassis battery. On this MH (Winnebago) and our previous one (Bounder) the disconnect switch for the house batteries disconnects everything except the solar panel. I don't know how his coach is wired but obviously they're not all the same.