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richmo's avatar
richmo
Explorer
May 16, 2013

battery problems

I was getting my 1984 Holiday Rambler Alumalite Motorhome ready for a trip next week. I completely disconnected the house batteries and pulled them out. I cleaned the batteries and filled the cells. I went inside the house and noticed the green lite on the pendant of my Inteli-power 9245c was lit. I thought that was odd with the batteries disconnected so i checked the lights and they came on as well. The power had to be coming from the engine battery but I thought the engine battery was isolated from the house. The motorhome has an auxelliery switch on the dash to start the engine off the house batteries in an emergency. Do I have a problem or is this the way it is supposed the work. This is my first rv and am lost with this.
Thanks.

Richard

4 Replies

  • ksg5000's avatar
    ksg5000
    Explorer II
    May 17, 2013
    If your connected to shore power - that's the way it's suppose to work as your PD9245 connects directly to your DC power distribution panel. You chassis battery isn't suppose to have any impact on your coach unless your battery isolator isn't working properly.
  • Mandalay_Parr's avatar
    Mandalay_Parr
    Explorer
    May 16, 2013
    My BOOST switch was miswired causing both sets of batteries to be connected all the time.

    Fixed the wiring error and alright now.
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    May 16, 2013
    Are you plugged into shore power?
    No, it should not be interconnect while engine is not running. There should be a relay that energizes to charge coach batteries while main engine is running.

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