Brand new 12V battery won't work in warm temps

[bobhenry]

Wolfmoms ,

Any new news

we are all still curious as hell as to what you found out !


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[Wolfmoms]

Sorry for the delay in responding, just retired (semi) and started a new part time job, so have been busy busy!

Thanks for all the suggestions, input, etc., though I will admit some of them were over my head ...

There is a fuse panel inside the trailer with screw-in fuses that has a light next to each fuse that lights up when that fuse is switched on. These are the lights that would not come on, or would come on only intermittently (in cooler temps).

Yesterday morning, I unscrewed all the fuses and took them out, then put them all back in ... guess what ... they all lit up!!! and all my lights, fans, outlets worked!!!!

Check periodically during the day into the late afternoon ( it was 90 degrees ) and had success all day long. Everything continued to work throughout the day. Just checked again this morning and all systems go.

Seems like one ( or more ) of the fuses must have been loose?????

As for the question about making sure Walmart did not give me the same battery back ... I had to drag the new/replacment battery all the way from the back of the store to customer service myself, so I know it was a different battery.

Anyway, thanks again for all the input. I love the forum and all the great and helpful folks.

--Laura

[Danno]

Glad to hear it worked out!

[Shadow Catcher]

You might want to use a bit of electrically conductive grease to assure contact.

[Dale M.]

Actually you may want to abandon screw in fuses and fuse panel for a type that uses spring pressure to insure contact.....

And as SC mentioned, silicone dielectric grease, a little goes a long way to prevent corrosion and helps make good electrical contact....

They also now have ACT (blade type) fuses that light up a LED when blown... Really cool for finding exact fuse that is blown, but then you would have to change fuse panel.....

Dale