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My RV’s new house battery will only charge when driving. Why?

Dear Dave,  I cannot keep my coach battery charged. It is a new 100Ah AGM battery. It will not charge from a campground power post...

Why does new travel trailer have so many electrical issues?

Dear Dave, We purchased this new Navigate on 7-30-25 and had a new FLA battery added. We did a quick walk-thru and then traveled 4...

RV Daily Tips. Thursday, June 5, 2025

Issue 2659 Today's thought “You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” ―Mark Twain Need an excuse to celebrate? Today is National Ketchup...

Follow-up to post on RV converter not charging battery

This is a follow-up to this recent post: Why won’t RV’s converter charge the battery unless reset button is pushed? Dave, I'm not sure where to...

RV Daily Tips. Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Issue 2658 Today's thought “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” —Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943 Need an excuse to celebrate? Today is...

Why won’t RV’s converter charge the battery unless reset button is pushed?

Dear Dave,  My RV's converter is not sending voltage to the battery. I put in a new battery, but it didn’t fix the problem. When...

RV Daily Tips. Monday, January 20, 2025

Issue 2561 Today's thought “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” —Martin Luther...

Why are RVers so mean to their converter?

By Andrew Herrick I considered writing this post as a “Dear John” letter from the first-person perspective of your converter, but it’s hard to personify...

My RV’s converter is not charging. How to check it? Should I switch to lithium?

Dear Dave, I am not sure if my two house batteries are being charged. My RV is connected to shore power. I am only getting...

Replaced RV’s batteries but converter won’t charge them. Now what?

Dear Dave, I upgraded my RV's batteries from regular 24 series dual-purpose deep-cycle to 2 AGM 6V golf cart batteries, Rolls 220AH. I did not...

RV Daily Tips. Friday, March 22, 2024

Issue 2345 Welcome to RV Travel’s Daily Tips Newsletter, where you’ll find helpful RV-related tips from the pros, travel advice, RV videos, product reviews and...

Replaced an RV circuit breaker, now there is a spark at converter and no power. Now what?

Dear Dave,  Five nights ago a breaker tripped. When we would flip it back on, my converter charger would spark! So, we changed the breaker,...