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L&Twny · 11-04-2018, 09:35 AM

Hello all,
My wife and I traveled to Tennessee from western NY Memorial Day weekend to buy our first camper, a 2015 2417 KS Silver Trail. Our lives have been very busy with no time to use it yet, but it has a structural issue at the right front lift arm bracket that I will have to deal with first anyway. My concern right now is getting it stored for the winter. As soon as I disconnected the battery ground cable, I heard a low whine from the vicinity of the 30 amp PWM solar controller. The Interstate SRM-24 battery was not staying charged after disconnecting shore power, and may not be good. I don't know which solar panel I have, and know nothing about them. Looking at it from the top, it is 4x8 squares in the panel. Am I correct that the controller is trying to charge, but nothing is connected? I would think there should be a way to disconnect solar. Does anyone know the cause of this sound, and what I can do about it.
This is a wonderful forum, and what a wealth of information!

11-04-2018, 09:35 AM	#1
L&Twny New Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Western New York Posts: 2	Solar controller whine Hello all, My wife and I traveled to Tennessee from western NY Memorial Day weekend to buy our first camper, a 2015 2417 KS Silver Trail. Our lives have been very busy with no time to use it yet, but it has a structural issue at the right front lift arm bracket that I will have to deal with first anyway. My concern right now is getting it stored for the winter. As soon as I disconnected the battery ground cable, I heard a low whine from the vicinity of the 30 amp PWM solar controller. The Interstate SRM-24 battery was not staying charged after disconnecting shore power, and may not be good. I don't know which solar panel I have, and know nothing about them. Looking at it from the top, it is 4x8 squares in the panel. Am I correct that the controller is trying to charge, but nothing is connected? I would think there should be a way to disconnect solar. Does anyone know the cause of this sound, and what I can do about it. This is a wonderful forum, and what a wealth of information!