Re: i need help with a 1982 winniebago chieftain
Well, Chelse and Kirk are correct. I had an 89 Winn Chieftain. It had three batteries. One for engine start. Two for house batteries. If the engine battery would not crank, I could hold down a rocker switch on the dash that would activate the house batteries for starting the engine. Like Kirk stated....how do you know which battery is dead? Which battery is dead? If it is the engine battery, you need to replace or fill w/distilled water and make sure it is fully charged. Maybe it has a draw of power causing it to go dead. Make sure you take tools to either replace the battery, jump it (cables), charger/water to try and charge it. Not sure if they had the auxilliary start using house batteries back in 82 but my 89 did have it.If you need more info, just ask away. In 6 years I crossed the of several items that required fixing/repair on my unit, so been there done that so perhaps I could help.