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lanerd
Explorer II
Sep 10, 2014

Sunseeker House Batteries not charging

My friend has a 2012 Forest River Sunseeker Model 2860DS that doesn't seem to be charging the two 12v house batteries when plugged into shore power.

There is a large rotary switch next to the battery compartment that has: "Blue Sea System Single Circuit 6006" printed on it and it has an "ON" and "OFF" position. I assume this is the disconnect switch.

When I switch it to "ON" the batteries are being charged with about 14v, or so, but will NOT go into a float charge when the batteries are brought back up to full charge. It just keeps charging away to the point to where the electrolyte starts boiling.

When I first checked this, after my friend noticed that water was dripping on the ground below the batteries, I check and found all battery cells were full to the absolute top of both batteries. I removed a bunch of electrolyte out (abut 48 ozs) so that the level is down about half way to the cells.

Does this unit have a 3-stage converter/charger on it....or just a single that is manually operated? Never heard of such a thing.

Any and all info will be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Ron
  • Sounds like my failed 55 amp WFCO converter stuck in boost mode.
    Anyway post the converter model for best answers.

    Could be a bad cell in one of the batteries. Do they hold 12.5+ volts for a few days after charging and disconnected?
  • If you could tell us the brand and model of the converter perhaps someone could tell you what to expect from the converter.
  • Well, no answers. I'm going to assume that due to the fact that the batteries were way over filled, and when the disconnect switch was in the "on" position, the high level of water cause it to boil over. Hopefully, now that I've taken the level down to a normal level that the batteries will charge normally. We'll see.

    Ron