2001 Dolphin chasis battery.......dead???
My coach has been sitting for a year, I never tried to start it. 12 volt battery was dead. I hooked up my Sears battery charger, for about 5 hours. The coach started right up after that. Does my c...
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2001 dolphin.. Answer is possibly. IT does have an on board charge for the HOUSE (We call it a converter) but the proper question is does it have a bi-directional isolator.. and I do not know.. I can tell you how to find out however.
Park it unpluged for 1/2 to 2 hours. Hook a digital volt meter to both house and chassis battery (2 meters or one meter and write down the readings)
Plug in. Come back in an hour...
If you get like 12.5/12.5 the first time and 13.5 13.5 the second (Anything over 13) you have a BIRD. IF the 2nd gets you 13.5 on house and 12.5 on chassis you do not.
Trick-L-Start. hooks up with 3 wires at the isolator solenoid. that's the reverse direction charger.
Park it unpluged for 1/2 to 2 hours. Hook a digital volt meter to both house and chassis battery (2 meters or one meter and write down the readings)
Plug in. Come back in an hour...
If you get like 12.5/12.5 the first time and 13.5 13.5 the second (Anything over 13) you have a BIRD. IF the 2nd gets you 13.5 on house and 12.5 on chassis you do not.
Trick-L-Start. hooks up with 3 wires at the isolator solenoid. that's the reverse direction charger.
