Inverter draw while boondocking question

tomtek

DukeHewett said:

A neighbor who is not on this exchange has a 320 CS-S about 6 years old.  He says his Alde is drawing 1.4 Amps even when turned off, draining his battery. Has anyone else had this problem, and if so what is the cause/fix.   He is considering installing a cut-out switch to disconnect the Alde when not in use.   Has anyone done that, and if so how did you do it.   I'll encourage him to join the exchange to be able to discuss in better detail.   Thanks for any help.

Measure the draw with the Clamshell closed.   Not completely sure what year the Propane safety solenoid was added but that sounds like the amount of current that the safety solenoid would pull.   

Sharon_is_SAM

The solenoids were added with the 2018 model year.

Marceline

tomtek said:

DukeHewett said:

A neighbor who is not on this exchange has a 320 CS-S about 6 years old.  He says his Alde is drawing 1.4 Amps even when turned off, draining his battery. Has anyone else had this problem, and if so what is the cause/fix.   He is considering installing a cut-out switch to disconnect the Alde when not in use.   Has anyone done that, and if so how did you do it.   I'll encourage him to join the exchange to be able to discuss in better detail.   Thanks for any help.

Measure the draw with the Clamshell closed.   Not completely sure what year the Propane safety solenoid was added but that sounds like the amount of current that the safety solenoid would pull.   

Good call. I had forgotten about that because I don't have one. I suppose that the solution is to either keep the clamshell closed or get some kind of spring clamp that you can put over the solenoid switch to keep it closed until you want to use the propane.