Question on Fleetwood Levels Panel
My 1996 Fleetwood Southwind Storm's Levels Panel has been showing me 12V on my house batteries forever, so I thought the shore power was maintaining them. But last night I checked with a meter and the...
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Assuming the batteries are indeed 6V batteries in series (very common arrangement).
You need to check the output of the converter right at the converter on the main positive and negative output terminals. That should read 13.6 at least.
Then check your batteries and see what is there. When you are powering the converter, the batteries should read the same at the converter as at the batteries.
If your converter is putting out, and your batteries do not show it, you have a loose connection from the converter to the batteries. Best method is to use your jumpers and jumper first from the negative on the batteries to the negative on the converter. If that fixes it, you have a loose negative return feed.
If not, do the same with the positive, carefully. If that fixes it, you have a loose positive connection.
A good way of checking if things get fixed is to put on an interior light or two. They will get much brighter instantly if you find the loose wire and fix it. I had a loose negative, and found my problem in the terminal strip just by wiggling the negative at the terminal strip. Suddenly brightness.
If your converter is not putting out, check the input, and recheck the output, then bench test it before throwing it out and replacing it. Often it is just a loose wire.
You need to check the output of the converter right at the converter on the main positive and negative output terminals. That should read 13.6 at least.
Then check your batteries and see what is there. When you are powering the converter, the batteries should read the same at the converter as at the batteries.
If your converter is putting out, and your batteries do not show it, you have a loose connection from the converter to the batteries. Best method is to use your jumpers and jumper first from the negative on the batteries to the negative on the converter. If that fixes it, you have a loose negative return feed.
If not, do the same with the positive, carefully. If that fixes it, you have a loose positive connection.
A good way of checking if things get fixed is to put on an interior light or two. They will get much brighter instantly if you find the loose wire and fix it. I had a loose negative, and found my problem in the terminal strip just by wiggling the negative at the terminal strip. Suddenly brightness.
If your converter is not putting out, check the input, and recheck the output, then bench test it before throwing it out and replacing it. Often it is just a loose wire.
