New coach, old (charging) question....

FIRE UP wrote:
Vibrant93,
You've been given some good info. You have stated that see no more than 12.2 on the house battery side. May I ask, WHERE are you seeing this reading? Is it on a panel for checking the house battery voltage? Or, are you reading it with a VOM at the house batteries posts?

I was seeing the reading on the info panel inside the coach. To verify it's accuracy I did use my VOM direct at battery and confirmed accuracy at the battery. Each battery was at 6.1v individually and then 12.2 in series.

FIRE UP wrote:
gemert and Don have both indicated that you "should" see 13.8 at the output of the Converter/Charger. Well, something's obviously not correct here. How are your lights in the coach, with no shore power attached and, with shore power attached? Are they any brighter with the shore power attached?

Honestly, I can't really see a difference in the light output between being shore power plugged in and unplugged...

FIRE UP wrote:
If you take a reading at the house battery posts with the shore power disconnected, then take another reading across those same posts, WITH the shore power connected, is there any difference? How much is any?

I did try this last night and there wasn't a difference. From what I'm seeing, the only charging is coming from the solar panel at this point.

FIRE UP wrote:
Yes, if you have a Converter/Charger, it is wired and setup to not only supply a charge to those house batteries but, also supply 12V to all your house appliances if and when, you are plugged into shore power.

If you run the tests that have been suggested, and, you see no difference in the voltage across the battery posts, then you potentially more than one issue.

1. As you suspect in your original post, you have a problem with the output side of the charger side of your converter.
2. You have a breakdown in the line(s) from the charger to the batteries.
3. You may have a bad cable, cable connection, set of cable connections, loose terminal, ????

It will interesting to find out just what your issue is. Keep us posted.
Scott

Thanks again for all of the info, it's very helpful. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't some odd wiring identity from the factory with these coaches not actually be able to accept a charge from the Converter. I'll follow up once I know more.

Thanks everyone!