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Joe417
Mar 31, 2017Explorer
Dan,
You said:
"hooked up the camper to my house power (normal extension cord, normal outlet)"
Do you mean a standard 15 amp outlet? Or a 30 Amp RV outlet?
You also said:
"NOTE: the Amp meter was reading 14 AMPs while plugged in, it always read 12 AMPs when running off of solar"
What amp meter are you reading? The picture you have is of a volt meter.
If you are speaking about the volt meter, it would be between 13 and 14 volt if charging on the converter. When powered from the battery and solar I would think it should be a bit higher voltage (on a good system).
Have you verified that the battery has water.
The battery could have a bad cell or 2. You may want to disconnect the battery and power the unit off the converter to verify.
If the battery is below 10 volts it is probably bad.
Also noticed that the solar panel led does not look to be illuminated.
You said:
"hooked up the camper to my house power (normal extension cord, normal outlet)"
Do you mean a standard 15 amp outlet? Or a 30 Amp RV outlet?
You also said:
"NOTE: the Amp meter was reading 14 AMPs while plugged in, it always read 12 AMPs when running off of solar"
What amp meter are you reading? The picture you have is of a volt meter.
If you are speaking about the volt meter, it would be between 13 and 14 volt if charging on the converter. When powered from the battery and solar I would think it should be a bit higher voltage (on a good system).
Have you verified that the battery has water.
The battery could have a bad cell or 2. You may want to disconnect the battery and power the unit off the converter to verify.
If the battery is below 10 volts it is probably bad.
Also noticed that the solar panel led does not look to be illuminated.
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