SolomonMan74
Member
All,
We have a 2001 Granite Ridge that is fairly new to us (3rd year). Fairly low mileage for its age and was taken in to our local dealer who did a once over it once it arrived from Arizona.
It mostly has been at seasonal sites in the area but this year when we brought it home in the fall we had some young friends temporarily living in it with their two year old son before they relocated to the other side of the country for a job transfer. So its possible that some button got pushed somewhere as the little guy loved to mess with the camper levelers.
Upon winterizing it this year and putting it away, which includes unplugging it from our home power, a high pitch sound (a alarm but a solid ongoing sound) engaged. You can hear it inside and outside the camper but its louder inside for sure. The camper is not currently connected to propane and has not been for 4 solid months. The sound has now been going continually for almost a week and sounds as strong as the day it started.
We have heard this sound a time or two before but it usually went away once we connected things to a power source or flipped the "switch" near the door.
Unfortunately, this time the sound has not stopped, whether we are connected to home power, camper generator power, and/or flipping the switch. The Camper and generator seem to start and run fine including driving it to the normal winter location in the back acre.
Unfortunately I cannot locate the exact buzzing source (probably my bad hearing) or the reason for the sound in the first place which I assume is a warning buzzer for a fridge, or propane, or something along those lines.
I am considering disconnecting the 12v Automotive battery to see if that would reset or at least stop the sound. I know there are other batteries tucked in the back that are fairly new (2-3 years) as well. Current temp outside as I write this is in the low 20 degrees (Fahrenheit) so It may have to wait till next week when we are expecting a warm up.
Any ideas on what it could be and why this time it did not just turn off as normal?
In the winter I normally take batteries that are not our daily drivers and put them on float or trickle chargers for the winter. I do this for my boats, popup camper, and misc vehicles/yard equipment. I do this endeavor as it can get to -20 out where we are at with full winds dropping things in the -40 with wind chill and we have no trees. Not to mention the normal electronic drain (alarms, autobody systems etc) and this is the first location I have lived at where I have had a truck battery freeze and crack once that was only a year old. I have not done this endeavor to the camper...keep in the mind the batteries are now 2-3 years old...any advantage or do you think I should do this upon the next battery swap?
Thanks everyone,
Chris
We have a 2001 Granite Ridge that is fairly new to us (3rd year). Fairly low mileage for its age and was taken in to our local dealer who did a once over it once it arrived from Arizona.
It mostly has been at seasonal sites in the area but this year when we brought it home in the fall we had some young friends temporarily living in it with their two year old son before they relocated to the other side of the country for a job transfer. So its possible that some button got pushed somewhere as the little guy loved to mess with the camper levelers.
Upon winterizing it this year and putting it away, which includes unplugging it from our home power, a high pitch sound (a alarm but a solid ongoing sound) engaged. You can hear it inside and outside the camper but its louder inside for sure. The camper is not currently connected to propane and has not been for 4 solid months. The sound has now been going continually for almost a week and sounds as strong as the day it started.
We have heard this sound a time or two before but it usually went away once we connected things to a power source or flipped the "switch" near the door.
Unfortunately, this time the sound has not stopped, whether we are connected to home power, camper generator power, and/or flipping the switch. The Camper and generator seem to start and run fine including driving it to the normal winter location in the back acre.
Unfortunately I cannot locate the exact buzzing source (probably my bad hearing) or the reason for the sound in the first place which I assume is a warning buzzer for a fridge, or propane, or something along those lines.
I am considering disconnecting the 12v Automotive battery to see if that would reset or at least stop the sound. I know there are other batteries tucked in the back that are fairly new (2-3 years) as well. Current temp outside as I write this is in the low 20 degrees (Fahrenheit) so It may have to wait till next week when we are expecting a warm up.
Any ideas on what it could be and why this time it did not just turn off as normal?
In the winter I normally take batteries that are not our daily drivers and put them on float or trickle chargers for the winter. I do this for my boats, popup camper, and misc vehicles/yard equipment. I do this endeavor as it can get to -20 out where we are at with full winds dropping things in the -40 with wind chill and we have no trees. Not to mention the normal electronic drain (alarms, autobody systems etc) and this is the first location I have lived at where I have had a truck battery freeze and crack once that was only a year old. I have not done this endeavor to the camper...keep in the mind the batteries are now 2-3 years old...any advantage or do you think I should do this upon the next battery swap?
Thanks everyone,
Chris
