Battery Equalizing?
I have a 2013 Tiffin Phaeton with 6 coach batteries, that need to be equalized. The process is fairly simple with the control panel that the coach has. I will be on shore power when I do this. I under...
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pianotuna wrote:I agree. Since when did 18 become the new 16?
Hi gator,
With respect, this is incorrect. Going over 15.4 may cause the control 'boards' to fail. Equalizing voltage may have to be higher than 15.4.gatorcq wrote:
All electronics can work upto 18 Vdc.
Alternator Hi output = 14.7
Inverter/Charger output = 14.3 to 14.7
Equalizing Voltage = 15.1 to 15.3.
So what you are telling me that all the 12 volt electronics will go belly up at 15.3 volts. If this is true, that when the voltage regulator goes bad in an alternator and IT will goupto 18 Volts. Then all the electronics in an RV or Car should go bad.
There are plenty of stories over the years of flying alternators killing electronics. They don't design vehicles for alternator failures.
