rgatijnet1 wrote:
I would guess that this is when your Inverter/CHARGER cuts in to keep your batteries charged. The charger portion of your inverter can draw a lot of power and cause a momentary surge in amps needed. ON my inverter the charging rate is adjustible, or can even be turned off entirely.
Uh. the lights in the RV are 12 volt.. IF they dim it means the converter is dropping out.. IF the dimming happens AS the Generator bogs down then either something on the 120 volt side of life drew great power (Water hater kicked in?) or Genny has problems. Since it happens on shore power Not Genny.. but every 20 seconds or so. NOT water heater. AC with a frozen motor shaft (That will do it)
If the genny bogs as the lights come back UP then perhaps it is the converter going back on line. Since most converters are 2-wire (on the 12 volt side) I SUSPECT!! they need to shut off for a few seconds to verify state of charge of batteries.. 4 wire units (2 charge/use 2 sense) do not but are very very rare,.
