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LSVLance
Apr 30, 2015Explorer
MH sat on shore power all day with nothing else on. Here is inverter panel with shore power still plugged in.

Unplugged shore power and started measuring batteries...
Chassis Battery posts #1 12.47v #2 12.47v
House Battery posts #1 6.32v #2 6.31v #3 6.32v #4 6.31v
Distribution panel under driver seat
Battery disconnect switch on:
Chassis battery post 12.45v
House 12v switched post 0.016v
House 12v non-switched post 0.009v
Battery disconnect switch off:
Chassis battery post 12.45v
House 12v switched post 0.07v
House 12v non-switched post 0.07v
I used the panel ground post for the negative on all of those, might have the on\off part of the switch reversed.
Now, I went back to the batteries and measure the red and black cables coming off of the house batteries... 0.05v
I think they've got the wires from the house batteries to the coach screwed up. It's got (4) 6 volt batteries... How are the red and black cables supposed to be connected to all 4 batteries? Hots to hots, grounds to grounds... or hot to ground on 2 batteries, then hot to ground on other 2 batteries?
I'll go snap a pic of the battery cables now...

Unplugged shore power and started measuring batteries...
Chassis Battery posts #1 12.47v #2 12.47v
House Battery posts #1 6.32v #2 6.31v #3 6.32v #4 6.31v
Distribution panel under driver seat
Battery disconnect switch on:
Chassis battery post 12.45v
House 12v switched post 0.016v
House 12v non-switched post 0.009v
Battery disconnect switch off:
Chassis battery post 12.45v
House 12v switched post 0.07v
House 12v non-switched post 0.07v
I used the panel ground post for the negative on all of those, might have the on\off part of the switch reversed.
Now, I went back to the batteries and measure the red and black cables coming off of the house batteries... 0.05v
I think they've got the wires from the house batteries to the coach screwed up. It's got (4) 6 volt batteries... How are the red and black cables supposed to be connected to all 4 batteries? Hots to hots, grounds to grounds... or hot to ground on 2 batteries, then hot to ground on other 2 batteries?
I'll go snap a pic of the battery cables now...
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