Devin Foxwell
Newbie
Start with double checking your battery connections on both ends... at the battery AND at the starter. It sounds like there might be a charging issue, which could be a fading alternator or a bad connection. From there I would make sure the battery itself is good. It kind of sounds like the battery might be on the ragged edge.. If it is a loose connection that would tend to prevent full charging. Clean all connections and maybe trickle charge the battery overnight and see if that doesn't change it's behavior.
If the battery itself is bad or borderline, the behavior will return.
It could be the battery, i believe it is coming near the end of its 3 year life if it hasn't already passed it. I will check it though. But, wouldn't the alternator keep things going? It puts out 274A at 1800 RPM, which I am often at due to highway travels. In theory the battery is only needed for starting, once running the alt should provide power. The only thing that might cause issues is a loose battery ground, but my alt has a body and frame ground as well.
If it is partially due to loose cables, could i use a distribution block to channel things into one wire for the positive and one wire for the ground due to the amount of accessories i have? I'm thinking this will help prevent the wires from coming loose, since less will be bolted on. Thoughts?