86 Glendale Sterling, Gel batteries
Hey guys so I bought this motorohome with 130,000KM on it. There is only one deep cycle battery under the hood with an allanson charger converter. The pervious owner had installed a small solar panel ...
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So I contacted Allanson and they were able to send me a wiring diagrams of the unit I have. It's helpful but what I don't understand is the two red power leads and negative wires coming out of the unit. I would have figured there would only be one of each but im assuming there is two one for each of the motorhome battery (starting and house) ?
At any rate there does not seem to be any way to hook any additional batteries up to this thing without it charging when plugged into 120. It appears as though the wires that power the unit from the battery are also the ones that charge the batteries. Am I wrong?
Im not sure how good this unit is but it has some sort of microchip that is supposed to prevent overcharging of the battery...seems sort of a hoax in a unit built in 1986 and im not sure how well it works...I guess I will report back with a multimeter and see what what the volts are.
At any rate there does not seem to be any way to hook any additional batteries up to this thing without it charging when plugged into 120. It appears as though the wires that power the unit from the battery are also the ones that charge the batteries. Am I wrong?
Im not sure how good this unit is but it has some sort of microchip that is supposed to prevent overcharging of the battery...seems sort of a hoax in a unit built in 1986 and im not sure how well it works...I guess I will report back with a multimeter and see what what the volts are.
