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Why did battery go dead while the RV was plugged into 110 power?

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There can be several reasons why your battery can go dead you kind of have to diagnose one step at a time. are you sure that your converter is working correctly on some of the RV's there's a switch you have to flip that switch to make sure you're charging batteries while plugged in It could be a fuse problem there are a number of things it might be or the battery could just not be good check your fuses would be my first suggestion make sure you got power coming in let me know Thank You Billy

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Some rvs are only able to charge batteries when its running. Some do not have 110 charge when plugged in

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