Palazzo Not Charging from Engine Alternator
Just picked up my 2013 Thor Palazzo from LazyDays last week. All the way home and since, the Control Panel CHARGER will not turn on with engine running. Normal with Shore Power and Generator. Use/Stor...
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JamesWillard wrote:
Now, however, the CHG feature will not operate with the Engine Alternator . . . and the battery voltage just keeps dropping.
To repeat, worded a bit differently:
The two battery strings are NOT normally connected together so charging (or discharging) one will not affect the other.
When the engine is running, something triggers a relay (solenoid) to close and make a connection so both will charge.
Unless there is a loose connection, something has failed in the circuitry that makes that connection when the engine is running. The most common thing to fail is the solenoid relay itself.
(Note: Oddly enough, my Damon Outlaw seems to charge the chassis battery too any time that AC power is present.)
