No power to outlets when in battery mode.
2017 Coachman Viking 16RBD. When plugged into electric everything works fine. When on battery, no power to the outlets, microwave, nor A/C. I've hit reset on all of the GFI protected outlets, checked...
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Gdetrailer wrote:
Correct, it is rather confusing that the RV industry decided to call the battery charger/power supply a "converter". While it does "convert" 120V to 12V in some respects it should have been called a battery charger since that really was the prime reason for the converter to exist.
It’s probably because early model RV’s only converted and didn’t charge the battery. My sister’s previous 88 Coleman tent trailer had a switch between “converter” and “batt”. You had to charge the battery externally. Inverters also weren’t on the scene so converting was only in one direction, hence why they are now “inverters”.
I think the proper term for what most of us have is “converter/charger”.
