Dead Xantrex Echo-charger???

[The Danes Are Coming]

Today I went to check on my RV batteries and I noticed that my now 2 year old Echo-charger did not flash. No light - nothing.

Manual states that if no light is visable at any time i should check that fuses are intact. Done - check, both OK. Also checked all 3 connections (batteries and ground). Done - everything OK and ship-shape.

Echo-charger is a sealed unit so I can't take it apart (I wouldn't know what to do anyway ).

Can I in any way check if it is in fact dead or should I just go and dump it?

["007"]

The instructions for your charger state if no LED check the fuse and your battery connection on HOUSE battery.
May want to check ground connections also.

[The Danes Are Coming]

Thank you for your reply.

I have checked all connections including the ground. They are all good.

Yesterday I called Xantrex and spoke to a technician who started off saying that he had never actually seen an Echo-charger. He then asked me if I had checked all connections and fuses which I confirmed. He then proceeded to "declare my Echo-charger dead" and advised me to go ahead and buy another one since these are units can not be serviced/repaired.

I asked him if the life expectancy of the Echo-charger shouldn't be longer than 2 years, to which he replied that he had heard of some lasting more than 10 years whereas others would "give up the ghost" a lot quicker. Have the Echo-charger really been on the marked for 10 years?

I don't think I will replace my charger with a Xantrex Echo-charger.

[The Danes Are Coming]

I am just browsing for a new trickle charge devise and is coming across this one - the Trik-L-Charger. It would appear that this device is now installed as a standard on all Winnebago motorhomes.

The price of the Trik-L-Charger is just over 1/3 of the price of the Xantrex Echo-charger (under $50).

Any reason why I shouldn't use this as a replacement? I would have thought that if Winnebago deem this charger good enough to install in all their products it should be an OK product????

[Tincup]

I've had a Trik L Charge on my Bounder for 2 years with no problems, go for it.

[The Danes Are Coming]

I owe Xantrex an apology - no reservations.

I was fuming that my Echo-charger had stopped working. I had checked and double checked all connections and I was 100% positive that my unit had seized.

Today I went out with the aim to tear out and discard my failed Echo-charger. I took out the fuses and proceeded to cut away the tape I had applied to secure all wires coming from the unit.

Then I come across 2 more wire connections that I didn't realize was there. One of them appeared loose. I take it apart and then reconnect it. The Xantrex unit starts flashing again

I made a mistake which I have now corrected but having doubted the product now proves to be an injustice.

My Xantrex unit now works again and it was only down to my own stupidity that I encountered this problem. Sorry Xantrex!!