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11-26-2015, 07:16 AM
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Battery Question
I left a light on in my 36' Holiday Rambler. The house batteries were almost dead when I discovered it. The generator would not start and the house batteries were at about 6 V. I started the engine and then the generator, and the house batteries started charging but the electrical panel keeps flashing CHARGE and INVERTOR. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to press SETUP? The house batteries now read about 13V.
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11-26-2015, 07:51 AM
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Double check the 13v battery reading is not with any charging occurring. How long have you allowed to charge? I would give it a day or more.
May have toasted the batteries. )-:
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11-26-2015, 08:21 AM
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Hi Chuck! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined us! 
Push the "Inverter" button to turn it off. The Charge light or reading is normal. It's just a matter of time now!
Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!  
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11-26-2015, 08:43 AM
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If your 12 volt system read at 6 volts, then the batteries were dead as a doornail ! Try to never let them get below 50% state of charge as shown in this chart.
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11-26-2015, 11:09 AM
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Monaco Owners Club
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You may have to reset the inverter, I believe you have to turn off all power to it (120V and 12V), also if you have solar pull the fuse.
Turn every thing off for a period of time and then turn everything back on.
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11-26-2015, 01:42 PM
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I read you should never run generator when plugged into 110 power, you risk damaging your inverter.
Ken
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11-26-2015, 02:30 PM
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Likely the voltage was too low for the inverter to function. The lower limit is usually around 10 volts and less than that triggers a warning and the inverter shuts down.
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11-26-2015, 05:25 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
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Flashing inverter indicates it is on standby. That is correct for being on generator or shore power. Charge slow flashing indicates it is absorption charging. See http://www.xantrex.com/documents/Dis...C7GSRevNew.pdf
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11-26-2015, 05:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Outbound
I read you should never run generator when plugged into 110 power, you risk damaging your inverter.
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Won't be the inverter unless the transfer switch is built into it. Then it'll be the transfer switch that sticks and needs replacing.
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11-26-2015, 06:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Outbound
I read you should never run generator when plugged into 110 power, you risk damaging your inverter.
Ken
2002 Monaco Executive
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Should not be an issue. You have an automatic transfer switch.
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11-26-2015, 06:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jacwjames
You may have to reset the inverter, I believe you have to turn off all power to it (120V and 12V), also if you have solar pull the fuse.
Turn every thing off for a period of time and then turn everything back on.
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Ditto: Low voltage can confuse the panel.
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