Potential Fire Hazard
Thought I would share an experience I encountered yesterday while on a service call. The customer had a 2 year old 5th wheel and was complaining about the 12 Volt lamps burning up. Yes burning up!...
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MrWizard:
You missed the point. A converter/charger, WITHOUT A BATTERY (battery was on "disconnect"), should only output 13.2 volts.
The charger portion only goes into either "bulk" mode (14.4 volts), or "Absorption" mode (13.7 volts), when the voltage in the circuit drops below 12.5 volts (requires battery in circuit because charger senses lower voltage across the battery terminals).
No battery and the converter supplies 13.2 volts. Any overload should show up as lights flickering, or shutdown of the converter (abort signal or a blown fuse).
You missed the point. A converter/charger, WITHOUT A BATTERY (battery was on "disconnect"), should only output 13.2 volts.
The charger portion only goes into either "bulk" mode (14.4 volts), or "Absorption" mode (13.7 volts), when the voltage in the circuit drops below 12.5 volts (requires battery in circuit because charger senses lower voltage across the battery terminals).
No battery and the converter supplies 13.2 volts. Any overload should show up as lights flickering, or shutdown of the converter (abort signal or a blown fuse).
