My House/Coach Batteries (2 Costco/Interstate 208/210 AH #850284 6v in
Series) drained, looked like something is up on the charging from the converter or in the Intellitec BCC area (I actually had tested the Auxiliary Start button recently as well). I removed the batteries and brought them to Interstate Batteries, they are going to put them on their heavy duty charger and then load test, will take a couple days.
I probably will have start another thread about troubleshooting this but would it be okay to plug back into my shore power (20amp) and turn both the chassis and coach disconnect switches back to run? I'll have the cables in the bay protected (Positive cable not on any metal).
I want to test my converter in place (without the batteries) but I have to check if I need either disconnect switch in the Run position to get 120v.
I wasn't sure if there is other concerns without House batteries connected.
The original MagneTek 6345 converter/battery charger was replaced with a Inteli-Power PD9160A (with Charge Wizard remote option) and it's manual says it can run with or without a battery connected. The DC Panel is stock MagneTek and there was a jumper from the new converter's output to the top center (blue wire) so all those fuses/DC circuits get filtered power.
Should I disconnect the Charge Wizard while the House batteries are disconnected?
Saw the following thread and I'll be checking those circuit breakers. Initial look I didn't see the reset buttons but perhaps cables are on top of them and blocking view.
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f110/hous...on-242229.html
My house lights came on (with house batteries connected - I have not tried since removing those batteries, disconnect switches on storage right now), just went very dim over a couple days. I also have 3 of those circuit breakers in the BCC, one labeled 15A/30A REFER and 2 others each labeled 30A CIRCUIT BREAKER CONVERTER, not sure why there are two for converter. The night before we were using the coach in our yard, many interior lights on, furnace on, one tv on with direcTv receiver and a HDMI to SDI adapter / SDI to HDMI adapter combo** and I had a oil-filled radiator type heater connected to a 120v outlet in the coach (that heater on 600w setting, very low thermostat) which I just put inside the coach a few days before since the temps are coming down.
Battery Disconnect switches at the entry step seem to work. AC 120v inside coach (while house batteries, though very low, were still connected) was working while on shore power (20amp dedicated at house).
Generator wouldn't even turn over since House/Coach batteries so low.
** that's how I get HD to the bedroom TV using the factory installed coax.
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When I discussed what it was doing with a service person he said you should never run shore power without the battery "load" on it. Mine would pulse or cycle harshly as I loaded the battery system and cause the lights to blink hi/low until the battery caught up. I traded it in for my DP upgrade before I figured out if that was the actual issue or not. I will not do that with this coach.
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