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drive805 · 09-12-2016, 12:17 AM

i have looked and looked and found nothing ... can anyone please help?
When plugged into shore power all outlets work and batteries show full charge on test panel. After unplugging from shore power only two outlets work in coach, one in bath GFI outlet and one behind seat on wall next to the door. The GFI in kitchen pops when invertor is switched on and finally the batteries dont show a full charge on the test panel. Can anyone advise me on what to look for thanks in advance. Mike

palehorse89 · 09-12-2016, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by drive805

i have looked and looked and found nothing ... can anyone please help?
When plugged into shore power all outlets work and batteries show full charge on test panel. After unplugging from shore power only two outlets work in coach, one in bath GFI outlet and one behind seat on wall next to the door. The GFI in kitchen pops when invertor is switched on and finally the batteries dont show a full charge on the test panel. Can anyone advise me on what to look for thanks in advance. Mike

How old are your batteries? Might want to remove them and have them "Load Tested" to make sure they are in good shape. After this is done, take a multi meter and check the out put of the Inverter/converter to make sure it is putting out the proper charging voltage. Look on the unit also to make sure that there is not a breaker/GFCI tripped.......

OLYLEN · 09-12-2016, 08:51 AM

Replace GFI, not many dollars and many times cure the problem. If two outlets are working the inverter must be on and that will show lower battery charge status. Two really check the batteries for condition a load test. For charge, put a light load on for a short time period, this sheds a higher than normal surface charge. Turn batteries off, let rest for a while then check voltage for charge. About 12.6 is full, 12.0 is dead and any thing below 12.1 is below 50% charge and you are damaging the DEEP CYCLE BATTERY. Not yelling emphasizing deep cycle, marine batteries have some deep cycle qualities but are not true deep cycle.

LEN

drive805 · 09-12-2016, 03:24 PM

batteries are new, golf cart deep cycle, replaced 3 months ago. I will still check them just in case and check all cables too. I will look at replacing GFI first and see where i'm at thanks ,