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YellowSled
Explorer
Sep 17, 2014

Quick Q: Charging house battery question on a 2004 Winnie

Quick question, does the house batteries get charged from the alternator while you are driving, or does it only charge the chassis battery? Thus, is the only way to charge the house batteries is v...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Sep 17, 2014
Hi,

After blowing 3 charging fuses I replaced it with an automatic circuit breaker.

The OEM solenoid failed with months and I, too, replaced it with a much heavier duty unit. I chose to add a second charging path, so I have redundancy for alternator charging of the house bank.

I do monitor amps going too and from the "house". It's kind of neat to see the solar system sending a bit of power back to the engine.

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