Dashboard Alternator light
Hi all, The MPPT controller on my coach will deliver 14.6 volts in bulk mode which is fine. In fact it’s exactly what the specs on my GC2 house batteries call for. But when I turn on the engine and...
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You saw charging to both battery sets with the dash red light on but you don't know if the alternator was doing any charging then or all from solar.
After you cut the solar off and the light went out, do you get any charging to the house batts or just to the engine batt since you did this installation of the solar and monitor?
You need a test to measure if any alternator charging to engine batt with the light on and not confuse that with any solar charging.
Your Victron shows both battery sets so its wiring and shunt could be how the solar on makes the dash light come on if there is a wiring mix-up there.
After you cut the solar off and the light went out, do you get any charging to the house batts or just to the engine batt since you did this installation of the solar and monitor?
You need a test to measure if any alternator charging to engine batt with the light on and not confuse that with any solar charging.
Your Victron shows both battery sets so its wiring and shunt could be how the solar on makes the dash light come on if there is a wiring mix-up there.
