Odd things connected to the House Batteries
Let me start by saying that I am no way complaining. I am just sharing information. Background: Ive only owned 2 Motorhomes. The "old one" was a 1995 Damon. The new one is a Holiday Rambler. ...
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MagillaGorilla wrote:
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On my old MH the house batteries did NOT charge when the gen was running. If you wanted to charge them you had to either run the motor, plug into shore power or plug in a battery charger when the gen was running. Not the case with the new one. This one seems to charge when the gen runs. That is a very good thing.
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Check the user manual for your inverter/charger. On mine, I can control whether the inverter/charger charges the house batteries or not. Inverter is a Heart (Xantrex), 2000 watt, I forget the model #. Not set up to also charge the chassis batteries on mine.
Anyway, on the indoor remote for the inverter, I can flip one of the DIP switches on the back and change it from continuous charge when AC is applied (genset or shore power)to charging only when the inverter is turned "ON" using the system switch on the remote.
I have mine set at the latter. That way a charge is not continuously applied from the inverter when plugged in to shore power. Solar is enough to keep the chassis batteries topped off, plus I have BatteryMinders for both sets of batteries when on AC.
Both chassis and house batteries are charged from the alternator when underway.
Wayne
