House battery’s showing 0

[150man]

Silver leaf screens show 0 house battery volts but test at 13v
All the large fuses in battery compartment test good
Screen shows a float charge
Large fuse in chassis compartment test good also
Where to next ??

[twinboat]

Do 12 volt things work ?

If not, look for the battery disconnect switch, near the door.

[palehorse89]

The 102 controller is in the electrical bay on the back wall(on my Essex) you can pull the power plug to the controller, wait a bit and plug it back in.
If you find it hard to get to the Tm 102 main plug on the right side of the controller, you can also pull F1 and F2 on the fuse block to the left of the 102, that is the 2 fuse's that power the Silverleaf system.

[150man]

Thanks for the Quick response guys
I’ll do it after dinner and yes 12v stuff does work

[150man]

Resetting the 102 worked
Bus is fixed and I didn’t burn the pork chops !!
Thanks again

[palehorse89]

Originally Posted by 150man

Resetting the 102 worked
Bus is fixed and I didn’t burn the pork chops !!
Thanks again

Way to go Pat After all that, you owe yourself a favorite beverage and a seat with a view to relax.

[danleininger]

Help!!! Just replaced house batteries today.
0v House Batteries on Silverleaf? But actually have 13.0v everywhere.
Inverter shows “OFF” and I can’t change it to Standby
Charger on “STANDBY” and I can’t change it either.
All preset Inverter & Charger Settings have zeroed out on Silverleaf????

What am I missing???

[danleininger]

Yes all 12v lights and blinds work

[flyboy013]

I’d start by confirming that you have 12V power to the inverter. There’s a 200 or 300 amp fuse in the battery bay that feeds power from batteries to inverter. Wondering if you didn’t connect inverter power back up correctly or blew the fuse.

[danleininger]

I confirmed voltage all the way to my Xantrex 3012 Inverter. I also discovered the “Reset” button on the side of the Inverter, which I pressed. The light began to blink. Also following others advice I unplugged the Silverleaf module in the Electric Bay in order to reset it. But nothing seemed to work. So I decided it was time to call Newmar in the morning.

So before calling Newmar CS I wanted to take voltage readings from the House and Chassis batteries in case I needed to charge them using my car battery chargers. To my surprise the house battery voltage was 13.7V which meant they were being charged by my Xantrex. Also all the reading on the Silverleaf had been restored overnight??? So my system seems to have self corrected. Go Figure!

Anyway the new batteries, inverter and Silverleaf all seem to be communicating with each other.

[cti2000]

I have disconnect my house batteries for cleaning and found once I reconnected everything I could not enable the charger or inverter just as the danleininger mentioned. I found that the inverter was showing a fault which I was able to clear in the SilverLeaf monitor. DC Power>Settings>Clear Faults.

I've always tried to manage the batteries correctly, but at 5 1/2 years old, my batteries are shot. Mostly because every time the coach goes in for service of any kind over the last 5 years, the house batteries are completely discharged when I come back to pickup the coach. I always ask the shop...Are you able to plug in coach when in service? Answer...Yes sir we can do that. But I still have dead batteries when I return. I turn off the inverter and salesman's switch but unfortunately you can not remove all house power from a coach with SilverLeaf.

Going forward, I think I will look into adding battery disconnect switches for the positive leads from the house battery bank. One for the positive lead to the house side and one for the positive lead of the inverter. There is one more positive connect going to the BIM, but I don't think that one need to be disconnected. I don't know why Newmar doesn't do this for the Luxury Line coaches.

I wonder, has anyone else here added disconnect switches to the house batteries on Mountain Aire or higher coaches with SivlerLeaf?

[Dizzee2020]

Originally Posted by cti2000

I wonder, has anyone else here added disconnect switches to the house batteries on Mountain Aire or higher coaches with SivlerLeaf?

It has been years, but if I remember correctly, Mike Mas did a write-up on a early New Aire. Try searching for it.