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Sprintervanmom
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Jul 29, 2021

Power issues 2018 AmericanCoach MidwestPatriot

Has anyone heard of this issue with a Midwest Patriot by American coach (Mercedes sprinter 2017 body) ? I only had 5000 miles in it when I purchased it. When you turn on the generator and the AC, ...
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Sprintervanmom
Explorer
Jul 30, 2021
Running the engine does not charge the house battery unfortunately. That is the part my tech guy wanted to install (an isolator) but needs to do more research about how to do so with the Mercedes wiring. It wouldn’t solve my problem though when I am dry camping/boondocking.

DancinCampers wrote:
As a temp measure I would try running the engine to recharge the house battery when it got low.
My inverter/charger with remote panel allows me to put charger into standby mode, not sure about yours.
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