Here's an update....let me know what you think!
So in the morning I went to check on the batteries. I was connected to shore power overnight (about 10 hours). The voltage had not changed...it was still at 11.7V.
So...I disconnected shore power and I decided to put a battery charger directly onto the batteries. The battery charger I have has a 15amp output. Immediately the voltage started climbing...11.9, 12.0, 12.1... After about 5 hours the voltage was up to 12.6v.
Once it got to 12.7v I decided to try something... I disconnected the battery charger and I plugged back in to shore power. Immediately the converter fan kicked on and the voltage at the batteries climbed up to 13.0, 13.1, 13.2 volts. So it seems like the converter is now doing its job. Note: I didn't change anything else. I didn't see any tripped breakers/etc.
Has anyone else experienced something like this? Is it just the case that the batteries were too low for the converter to activate/etc? Is this by design for some strange reason I'm not aware of?
Hopefully my batteries are almost back to normal. I understand that an event that drains the batteries will affect the overall life of these batteries but hopefully they last a good while still (they are only 6 months old).
