Charging House Batteries
On my old motorhome (1996 Damon Ultrasport) it does not charge the house batteries when the generator runs. Is this typical of most RVs? Will me new to me 2006 Damon charge the batteries when the ...
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nemo45 wrote:enblethen wrote:
Verify that you have a transfer switch or whether you must plug the genset into a receptacle in the shore power cord compartment.
If equipped with transfer switch or if you must plug into a receptacle, the converter should charge the batteries.
That is if you are in deed talking house batteries and not chassis battery.
I was just going to suggest this. My old gasser which actually was newer than the DP I have now did not have a transfer switch and the power cord had to be plugged into a receptacle in the compartment the power cord goes in. My converter was also in that compartment. Needless to say it did not take me long to put a transfer switch with a built in surge protector in that compartment.
And, if that is the case, VERY easy to identify, since none of the 120 VAC appliances would work-- roof A/C's, microwave, etc if ATS was bad or the shore power cord had to be manually plugged into the generator output.
