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RustyMacIntosh
Explorer II
Aug 10, 2020

Converter might be dead--options

96 Bounder with a factory-installed converter that I am pretty sure is DOA> I found the batteries dead. Once I got a charger 6v going on the front cabin-coach batteries (2 6 v) and the 12 engine battery, things began to come back to life.

I put a voltmeter at the red and white outlet wires on the converter, nothing. 0 nada.

So I am ordering a 100amp unit off the internet.

Any reason I cannot jump two heavy wires, red and white up thru the floor into the kitchen (which is directly above the converter panel), for use of a 3k or larger Inverter?

I'm having my house tented for termites very soon and I need to move the motorhome away from the side of the house. The cats, dogs and golfish and I will be front-yard camping.

But the batteries were dead this am.
  • 96 converter is likely an old Magnetek which are considered battery killers - worth replacing even if is working. New converters aren't that expensive and usually easy to install. Whether 100 amp converter is appropriate depends on what you currently have and what your future plans are - suggest you determine/post the current converter.
  • Most converters have a fuse or 2 inside the box. Disconnect/de-power everything, pull the converter and open the box. Nothing to lose at this point.....
  • I am pretty sure that 100a is way too much for dual 6v batteries, as is a 3kw inverter.
  • Did you verify that you have 120 volts input to the converter?
    Make sure your wires from converter to 12 volt distribution panel is at least #2 to handle the 100 amp output.