Question about converter
I have a World Friendship converter, and it seems to be reducing my 12 volt power. I will explain, when plugged into shore power it works fine putting out 13.6. When I unplung and run on battery, I ha...
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If it were me, besides checking the connections at/to the battery, I'd check the tightness of every single DC connection in your converter panel and the ground bus behind it, even if it has nothing to do with your present problem. Sometimes, connections at the factory aren't tight enough to start with. While in there, I'd even check the tightness of the connections on the 120V breakers. For the time it will take, an ounce of prevention is...
Also check the ground connection to the frame up near the battery and the connections at any mini-breakers in the tongue area.
If this is an older unit, and maybe more so on a horse trailer, based on what you say, I'd be more inclined to suspect one or more bad connections somewhere.
On the jumper cable idea, you could do the same thing with the ground to determine if it's a grounding issue. If needed to use the jumpers, remove one battery and take it closer to the panel (outside tho.) and reconnect the remaining one.
Yesterday I was adding a 12V connection near the converter panel in our brand new TT. When I touched a wire exiting the back, I noticed sparks near the fuses. Discovered that a few strands of a wire weren't under the terminal screw and were touching the adjacent terminal. Even blew the associated fuse. Only took a minute to fix but it shouldn't have been like this. This is why I suggest checking all your panel connections. Some factory work isn't quite up to what it ought to be and you don't know what can be lurking in there waiting to cause a problem some day.
Also check the ground connection to the frame up near the battery and the connections at any mini-breakers in the tongue area.
If this is an older unit, and maybe more so on a horse trailer, based on what you say, I'd be more inclined to suspect one or more bad connections somewhere.
On the jumper cable idea, you could do the same thing with the ground to determine if it's a grounding issue. If needed to use the jumpers, remove one battery and take it closer to the panel (outside tho.) and reconnect the remaining one.
Yesterday I was adding a 12V connection near the converter panel in our brand new TT. When I touched a wire exiting the back, I noticed sparks near the fuses. Discovered that a few strands of a wire weren't under the terminal screw and were touching the adjacent terminal. Even blew the associated fuse. Only took a minute to fix but it shouldn't have been like this. This is why I suggest checking all your panel connections. Some factory work isn't quite up to what it ought to be and you don't know what can be lurking in there waiting to cause a problem some day.
