Do RV Inverters Drain Batteries When Not In Use

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My current inverter sucks the juice out of my four batteries in my trailer. I have no charge left in the batteries in the morning. What will this do

asked by: Doug

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All inverters will draw some power if they are on and in standby mode even if there isn't anything drawing power from them. So what you can do with the Redarc Industrial Pure Sine Wave Inverter # RED83RR is switch it off when not in use and it won't drain your batteries.

expert reply by: Jameson C

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