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Trouble with 12V Power to Gen & Jacks
Old 08-05-2009, 08:36 PM   #1
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HI Guys I'm new at this so bare with me.
I just purchased 4 House Trojan Batteries, 6V, & right after that I noticed I am having a problem with starting my generator & lowering my jacks into place. It seems like the jacks start out good but the motor almost stops running by the time I get leveled. For the generator, I have to push my emergency start button to get it started. Also, my RC7, Display panel will read 87% full in the morning & by noon it will be reading 100% full but gen. still won't start without the emergency start.
One more questions, the 12V plug ins on the dash, are they running off my coach batteries or chassis batteries?
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Old 08-05-2009, 09:56 PM   #2
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alby49er welcome to irv2.
Were your new batteries fully charged before installation on coach?
Are you sure they are hooked up correctly, check this Link for some interesting info that maybe of help.
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It sounds like you only have 6 volts feeding the coach. Follow Roger's suggestions and verify that two batteries are in series and that they together are parallel to the other two in series. That all positive leads to generator, house distribution, inverter and or charger and any others are connected to the 12 volt output of the bank. Also that all grounds a connected to the common negative of the two parallel sets of batteries. Good luck and let us know how you come out.
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hi guys i'm new at this so bare with me.
I just purchased 4 house trojan batteries, 6v, & right after that i noticed i am having a problem with starting my generator & lowering my jacks into place. It seems like the jacks start out good but the motor almost stops running by the time i get leveled. For the generator, i have to push my emergency start button to get it started. Also, my rc7, display panel will read 87% full in the morning & by noon it will be reading 100% full but gen. Still won't start without the emergency start.
One more questions, the 12v plug ins on the dash, are they running off my coach batteries or chassis batteries?
Alby 04 kountry star d/p 37" 06 jeep liberty
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thanks 007 and rv wizard i will let you know how it comes out
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