holding tanks monitor
the monitor panel is an ACU.GAGE from Larson electronics in a 1985 Toyota Dolphin panel work fine (reads the actual level of tanks and battery) when the RV is on battery power but when it is to an e...
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Do you know how the old Magnetek converters work??
OP is having trouble when on shore power. When on shore power the DC stuff is no longer connected to the battery,....running strictly on converter. When dropping shore power, a transfer switch switches all DC stuff back to the battery. If the convert4er is not putting out proper DC current, this could be causing his problem.
If he has a newer converter, then all the DC stuff really is running off the battery. All the converter does is up the voltage to charge the battery.
I shouldn't have to explain this to you.
OP is having trouble when on shore power. When on shore power the DC stuff is no longer connected to the battery,....running strictly on converter. When dropping shore power, a transfer switch switches all DC stuff back to the battery. If the convert4er is not putting out proper DC current, this could be causing his problem.
If he has a newer converter, then all the DC stuff really is running off the battery. All the converter does is up the voltage to charge the battery.
I shouldn't have to explain this to you.
Old-Biscuit wrote:RJsfishin wrote:
Buy a new converter, then all your DC stuff truly will be running on battery power. If you still have the original converter, some DC stuff is running on the converter, not the battery,.......when on S power that is.
Regardless of converter...when connected to shore power the converter supplies the DC system (plus charging of batteries)
Good/fully charged batteries are 12.8V....a functioning converter minimum output is 13.2V
Batteries supply DC to things like front landing gear/tongue jack/slides because they are wired directly form battery and have a high amp draw.....converter would still supply DC to rest of rig and chargng power to batteries when operating those items
