Stupid question
What is the first sign that your converter is going bad
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The best place to measure it is across the battery terminals. The battery will read 12.6VDC if it is fully charged and you do not have shore power connected. When you connect to shore power then the DC Voltage across the battery terminals will read 13.6VDC telling you the converter/charger is working.
This of course is if the cables from the converter/charger is connected all the way to the battery terminals.. i.e. no fuses blown...
You can a good idea what is what just by looking at the ceiling lights inside your trailer.
Without shore power ON your ceiling lights should be lit up just using the battery by itself. when you turn on shore power the ceiling lights should brighten up a tad... Both shore powered converter/charger and your trailer battery feed the same 12VDC Power distribution panel where the 12VDC fuses are located.
Here is a simplified 30AMP Electrical Configuration of a typical trailer...
diagram from google images
Roy Ken
This of course is if the cables from the converter/charger is connected all the way to the battery terminals.. i.e. no fuses blown...
You can a good idea what is what just by looking at the ceiling lights inside your trailer.
Without shore power ON your ceiling lights should be lit up just using the battery by itself. when you turn on shore power the ceiling lights should brighten up a tad... Both shore powered converter/charger and your trailer battery feed the same 12VDC Power distribution panel where the 12VDC fuses are located.
Here is a simplified 30AMP Electrical Configuration of a typical trailer...
diagram from google images
Roy Ken
