MORE UPDATES :::
OK here's the latest. I realized that if I continue without the genny I would have no house batt and screwed so I found a local rv repair shop and made an appointment. An hour before the appt, the thing came back to life so I quickly set up genny and tried a quick charge and it worked! So when the panel is live, the "short" goes away and charging is again possible...
I went in to the shop anyway and kept my appt. the tech was astoundingly horrible and I would not let him touch my camper with your meter as the saying goes.. I decided to wait since you cannot diagnose a problem if there isn't one at that time of the attempted diagnoses. At this moment, little genny is out there happily humming away with it's rain coat on and all is well... Fingers crossed!!!
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Footnote: I have decided to head south the the Quartzsite show after Thanksgiving so will have solar and a big smile on my face!
