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Chevy 350 engine in Roadtrek Motor home. Battery will not hold a charge. It needs to be
jump started or on a trickle charge to get it to start. Need some advise, please.

Submitted: 138 days ago.
Category: RV
Value: $15
Status: CLOSED

Accepted Answer

 

Hi, my name is XXXX. XXXXX are two things you need to do here. First would be to have that battery load tested. This can be done at any good automotive store. Remember they cannot load test a dead battery so make sure it has a charge before taking it to them. I'm sure you under stand I am not taking about a simple voltage test here I am talking about a load test. This sounds like your most likely problem.

 

Second, if the battery checks out ok then you need to find if there is a drain on the battery when it is sitting still. Here is a simple test you can do. Using a simple test light (pictures below) remove the ground cable from the battery, attach the alligator clip to the ground cable and stick the tester probe into the negative post of the battery. If you are getting a strong light then you have something draining the battery. You may see a small dim light and that is ok but a strong light is not. If this is happening you will need to find what is drawing power when the ignition is off.

 

Thank you for using Just Answer and me, Tony C. if you have any other questions please feel free to ask. If you are happy with my efforts please hit accept, hitting accept is the only way we get paid.

 

Thanks again

Tony

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Edited by technotony on 7/7/2009 at 4:27 PM

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Answered: 7/7/2009

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