Battery check and circuit breaker reset
I'm preparing to install the new converter from PD when it arrives tomorrow. I removed the old Magnetek unit without problems and see how the connections should work for the new unit.
(1) As part of the project, I took the coach battery to a different store (O'Reilly's) and had it checked. Their unit said full charge and good battery. My battery charger said it thought the battery had an open cell. The person at O'Reilly's said that their unit would detect that. This is essentially the same information I was given about the battery at AutoZone. I told this woman I was prepared to buy a new battery if that was necessary. She said I shouldn't spend the money.
Comments?
(2) So I take the battery back to the rig, re-install it, and flip the battery disconnect switch from "store" to "use." CLICK! The sound of a circuit breaker flipping. There's a bank of threw circuit breakers right by the battery compartment, right next to the solenoid which is used for the emergency start mechanism.
CLICK.
The only way I know that these things are circuit breakers are that the electrical drawing says they are. They don't look at all like any circuit breaker I've ever seen, and there's no obvious way the reset them -- even though the wiring diagram says that they're manually resettable.
One of these breakers protects both the converter and the power center. I figure that in the absence of a converter (the old one was sitting on the couch) something was unhappy enough to trip a breaker.
So my basic question is: how do I reset this kind of circuit breaker?
Pictures of the wiring diagram and the actual hardware are on my blog here.
(edited to provide correct URL for blog)
(1) As part of the project, I took the coach battery to a different store (O'Reilly's) and had it checked. Their unit said full charge and good battery. My battery charger said it thought the battery had an open cell. The person at O'Reilly's said that their unit would detect that. This is essentially the same information I was given about the battery at AutoZone. I told this woman I was prepared to buy a new battery if that was necessary. She said I shouldn't spend the money.
Comments?
(2) So I take the battery back to the rig, re-install it, and flip the battery disconnect switch from "store" to "use." CLICK! The sound of a circuit breaker flipping. There's a bank of threw circuit breakers right by the battery compartment, right next to the solenoid which is used for the emergency start mechanism.
CLICK.
The only way I know that these things are circuit breakers are that the electrical drawing says they are. They don't look at all like any circuit breaker I've ever seen, and there's no obvious way the reset them -- even though the wiring diagram says that they're manually resettable.
One of these breakers protects both the converter and the power center. I figure that in the absence of a converter (the old one was sitting on the couch) something was unhappy enough to trip a breaker.
So my basic question is: how do I reset this kind of circuit breaker?
Pictures of the wiring diagram and the actual hardware are on my blog here.
(edited to provide correct URL for blog)
