Suspected Converter Problem
Hey guys, back again. Hoping to gain some insight into an ongoing problem we've had this summer. RV is a 2004 Fleetwood Terry Quantum AX6 365FLTS. The rv came with a factory installed WFCO 8855 ...
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I think you have converter output with 1/2 (sort of) going to each battery. I am not clear whether the battery bank supply to the DC panel is split.
That is not the same thing as balancing, where all the amps go to and from the bank as though it were one big battery.
Do you still have the parallel links between the batteries from before as well?
Yes, you want a fuse on the pos wire from converter to battery. You want a battery fuse on the battery to DC panel pos wire too. Often in an Rv where the converter is by the fuse panel, that is the same wire so just one fuse near the battery pos post.
You don't want the converter on the same side of the fuse as the DC panel, which you understand from the above, so why leave it like that?
IMO just have the (single pair of #4) converter-battery wires by themselves and that's that. Then have your collection of wires from battery to fuse panel, with any (each) pos wires being fused near the battery.
BTW you can test for which wire is doing what by using your meter to see if it is "live" between its ends. Or what you think is the other end of a wire, but don't know for sure.
That is not the same thing as balancing, where all the amps go to and from the bank as though it were one big battery.
Do you still have the parallel links between the batteries from before as well?
Yes, you want a fuse on the pos wire from converter to battery. You want a battery fuse on the battery to DC panel pos wire too. Often in an Rv where the converter is by the fuse panel, that is the same wire so just one fuse near the battery pos post.
You don't want the converter on the same side of the fuse as the DC panel, which you understand from the above, so why leave it like that?
IMO just have the (single pair of #4) converter-battery wires by themselves and that's that. Then have your collection of wires from battery to fuse panel, with any (each) pos wires being fused near the battery.
BTW you can test for which wire is doing what by using your meter to see if it is "live" between its ends. Or what you think is the other end of a wire, but don't know for sure.
