Battery's won't charge while plugged in
I'm having issues with my charging system. It's a 98 vanguard and while plugged in everything works fine except it won't charge my house batteries. I measure across the wires and only get 1 volt. I'm ...
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Do you have a disconnect switch? If so the solenoid connected to that circuit is either stuck or not functioning.
If the solenoid is "off" the batteries would get no charge from the converter when plugged in. Note that most newer RV's are set up to allow converter to power the 12 volt circuits, but not charge the battery(s) since disconnected from the circuit.
That would normally mean zero volts read on the circuit to show disconnect and NO CHARGING. If you are seeing only 1 volt of charging with battery(s) connected to the circuit I would strongly suspect a loose ground wire either at battery, converter, or at the frame of RV somewhere on the 12 volt circuit.
If the solenoid is "off" the batteries would get no charge from the converter when plugged in. Note that most newer RV's are set up to allow converter to power the 12 volt circuits, but not charge the battery(s) since disconnected from the circuit.
That would normally mean zero volts read on the circuit to show disconnect and NO CHARGING. If you are seeing only 1 volt of charging with battery(s) connected to the circuit I would strongly suspect a loose ground wire either at battery, converter, or at the frame of RV somewhere on the 12 volt circuit.
