Battery charging with Champion 20001 question
I am brand new to this and am learning as I go (with the help of you fine folks :) ). I recently purchased a chanmpion inverter generator to charge my rv battery during the day. I plugged it in an...
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Thank you all again for the input. I'm going to try to spell this out as much as I can. There are so many factors its tough.
My TT is a '99 Startcracft 17ck hybrid 17 footer. I have a deep cell battery, a 30a converter/charger with fuses and breakers. My hot water heater is propane, my fridge is propane or elec, air conditioner is never on, a water pump we only turn on when needed.
Here is what I see happening. Sometimes if I plug in the genny to charge the battery it overloads, when this happens I turn off one breaker and it works. Other times, all breakers can be on and it doesn't overload the genny. When one of the breakers is off and it's charging the highest the battery meter will go is 3 out of 4. When its charging with all breakers on it goes to 4 lights out of 4.
We also noticed today that while charging the genney will idle up about every 5 minutes minutes for about 5 seconds and back down when we haven't touched anything. There are times the battery will hold a charge for days and others it will drain in hours. We know because the carbon monoxide tester will beep when the battery is dead.
I'm thinking someone that knows what there doing has to take a look, but if there is anything anyone can think of, please please let mew know.
The battery is almost brand new.
Thnx
My TT is a '99 Startcracft 17ck hybrid 17 footer. I have a deep cell battery, a 30a converter/charger with fuses and breakers. My hot water heater is propane, my fridge is propane or elec, air conditioner is never on, a water pump we only turn on when needed.
Here is what I see happening. Sometimes if I plug in the genny to charge the battery it overloads, when this happens I turn off one breaker and it works. Other times, all breakers can be on and it doesn't overload the genny. When one of the breakers is off and it's charging the highest the battery meter will go is 3 out of 4. When its charging with all breakers on it goes to 4 lights out of 4.
We also noticed today that while charging the genney will idle up about every 5 minutes minutes for about 5 seconds and back down when we haven't touched anything. There are times the battery will hold a charge for days and others it will drain in hours. We know because the carbon monoxide tester will beep when the battery is dead.
I'm thinking someone that knows what there doing has to take a look, but if there is anything anyone can think of, please please let mew know.
The battery is almost brand new.
Thnx
