First time post. I have a 2006 Coachmen Cross Country. Bought it a little over one week ago. Previous owner said he had the batteries replaced in January. Prior to that the originals lasted seven yrs. He delivered it to our house for us. We set it up with slides out and used a heavy duty extension cord to plug it in. Watched some TV and used the interior lights while the kids did homework. No AC or heavy draw used. Yesterday I went to pull the slides in and the batteries didn't have enough power to pull in the living room slide. RV was still plugged in and I turned the key to the right for aux. The generator didn't have enough battery to crank as well. I ended up having to turn on the RV. After several minutes I was able to turn on the generator and had enough power to pull in the slide.The inverter was left on auto while it was parked and the key was out of the ignition. What is the correct position for the inverter. I have the remote panel that is over the door. Any help would be great.Thank You,Rico

Were the lights inside bright?? Inverter/converter breaker might be tripped on the inverter unit.

I was in a similar situation last week and learned the difference between coach & chassis batteries, as configured on my coach. Basically, plugging in to shore power charges the coach batteries but not the chassis batteries. Because my chassis batteries were about five years old, ended up doing a full replacement. This after a bunch of troubleshooting, cleaning, servicing & ineffective charging. I have a conditioner charger on the chassis batteries right now and ordered the famous Trik-L-Charge solution this morning This does not directly answer your question, but gives you some issues to consider.Cheers, Good Luck & Enjoy The Ride.PS - start a maintenance log now to start documenting what went wrong and how it was resolved.

With it plugged in you do not need the inverter so I would turn it off. Checking the breakers on the inverter converter is a good idea because it sounds like it is not charging your batteries. Until you have over 13 votes on the house batteries they are not being charged.

I'll check the volts today and look for the breaker.ThanksRico

Haven't check the volts yet but I did notice that the two house batteries are connected from positive to the negative on one battery and that goes to the positive on the other battery. The ground is only on the negative side of the one battery. Does that seem like its correct. would have thought that the positives could piggyback but not with the negative in the middle. It's kind of like this RV+ cable to + on battery #1. Jumper from battery #1 + to - on battery #1. Jumper from Battery #1 - to + on battery #2. Then battery #2 neg is grounded. ThanksRico

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Your_Pal
Explorer
May 20, 2015
Tested batteries at NAPA. They said they were good so I brought them home. Cleaned all connections and left off one rusty washer that was on one of the connections.
It is now working as it should. I don't know if it was the rusty water someone had placed on the post before connecting the ground or the minor corrosion on the positive cable but it's working.
Thank you everyone for the help.
Rico
GTMADNS
Explorer
May 26, 2015
I have a 2006 Cross country. When I am hooked to shore power I always have my switch to line charge only. When I am driving or generator going then I flip it over to the inverter. Hope this helps to know when to have in which mode.
Your_Pal
Explorer
Jun 01, 2015
Do I need the inverter on when the gunny is running.
Also since you have a cross country.
Do you know if the quick connect in the passenger outside front compartment is for air or LP?

Thanks
Rico
GTMADNS
Explorer
Jun 03, 2015
I flip the switch to the left when running the generator or traveling and not hooked up to shore power. When hooked up to outside power i flip switch to the right for line charge.
The coupling is for air for like bike tires or even rig tires however it is very hard to fill our tires with using the motorhome air supply.
67Cutlass
Explorer
Jun 03, 2015
On the 03 Cross Country we used to have, if the 12v disconnect switch was off (disconnected) the batteries coach batteries would not charge when connected to shore power. Is your 12v disconnect switch in the on position?

Turning the inverter on had nothing to do with charging the coach batteries. We had a separate converter and inverter.
Preacher_Man
Explorer
Jun 04, 2015
67Cutlass wrote:
On the 03 Cross Country we used to have, if the 12v disconnect switch was off (disconnected) the batteries coach batteries would not charge when connected to shore power. Is your 12v disconnect switch in the on position?

Turning the inverter on had nothing to do with charging the coach batteries. We had a separate converter and inverter.

Our 2004 is the same way.
happy-2
Explorer
Jun 04, 2015
I DO BELIEVE THE RV SHOULD BE RUNNING WHEN THE SLIDES ARE OPERATED,MY BATTERIES ALWAYS SHOW 14.6 AMPS,WHEN PLUGGED IN,AND I HAVE A 50 AMP SERVICE BUT LIKE USING A 30 AMP CORD BECAUSE IF THE WEIGHT DIFF,I WENT TO ALL LED LIGHTS IN THE COACH,WHAT A DIFFERENCE ,NO HEAT, LESS DRAW, PS DONT FORGET TO ALWAYS USE A SURGE PROTECTOR.
MyakkaTT
Explorer
Jun 04, 2015
Our slides operate off the Engine Battery and not the house batteries. Our engine battery does not charge while plugged in. It only charges when engine is running or we have a small solar charger system as well. But we park under a canopy so it does not charge at home. I can hit my jump start switch and the slides will function if engine battery is drained though.
dsisemore1
Explorer II
Jun 05, 2015
I know on my coach the manufacturer says to make sure the engine is running when you put the slides in or out. Learned this after I was showing my new rig off and after putting the slides in and out twice without the engine on batteries died.

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