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Old 08-14-2017, 04:11 PM   #1
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So where's the battery charger?

My '96 Southwind has stopped charging the house batteries when on shore power, the start battery is still charging as it should.
My GUESS is that the charger (there is no inverter) is either near, or part of, the transfer switch - and I know where that is.
Before I start taking things apart though I thought I'd ask to see if anyone knows for sure (or just has a better guess than I do) where it is.

I'm thinking of disabling the factory charger and putting in a two bank three stage smart charger like I used to have in my boats. But the first step of that is finding the current one.
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It seems to me that the combined "power centers" were popular when your coach was built. In a power center, the converter was underneath the AC ad DC distribution panels. See this link for both pictures and an upgrade path to a modern converter that fits in the same place in the power center.

I did perform that upgrade on my former coach. It was an easy upgrade.

On that coach the transfer switch was bolted to the back of the power center. So it was near the converter, but not part of it.

By the way, I've always been satisfied with the folks at Bestconverter.com. Randy answered many of my questions, with patience.
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Thanks Mark, I appreciate the tip and the link.
That put's it right where I'd guessed it would be.
I know that the transfer switch on mine is bolted to the back of the power center like you described, so I'll go digging around in that area to find the converter.
Maybe I'll get lucky and find that it's just a loose wire on the house side of things (Nope, I'm not holding my breath on that ).
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