Converter question

ken white wrote:

TechBill wrote:
The converter wasn't working so I pulled it out of the pop up camper. It turn out that the fuse holder was loose so I fixed it.

Now it working but it outputting over 15V DC. Is that normal for this type of converter?

It's a B-W Manufacture Series 6400 / Model 6415 converter, I know it quite old but I only wanted to run the 12V DC lamps and refer in the pop up camper from a 120V AC.

I can see that the way the converter is hooked up that it not used to charge the battery.

I have no plan to use it to charge the battery. I will not have a battery installed on the pop up camper.

There a selector switch on the converter itself but I believe it to select between the converter or 12V DC battery to power your pop up camper.

Bill

Older converters were designed to be operated when connected to a battery, they have poor voltage regulation and lots of voltage ripple.

If you load the output without connecting it to a battery, chances are the output voltage will lower to an acceptable value, but the ripple voltage will increase too.

The no battery issue may create problems with some electronic devices.

Yes I agree with you on this but the way this converter was installed in the Starcraft pop up camper, it wasn't connected to charge a battery.

Maybe previous owner tried to rewire it separating it from the battery.

Bill