Converter

[fbanko]

My converter is cycling about every minute. When the fan kicks on the lights get brighter and when it stops lights dim. Checked all connections all good. When converter kicks on I noticed that I am only getting 12.5v or so but nothing over 13v at any tiime charging at the the batters. Is this an indication the converter is going bad?

[JanTx]

sounds like it's time for a trip to the shop

[wa8yxm]

I suspect you have a short somewhere, and a thermal self-resetting breaker is what is clicking on and off.

SUSPECT #1 is one of the cells in your battery.

[shoreco]

fbanko wrote:
My converter is cycling about every minute. When the fan kicks on the lights get brighter and when it stops lights dim. Checked all connections all good. When converter kicks on I noticed that I am only getting 12.5v or so but nothing over 13v at any tiime charging at the the batters. Is this an indication the converter is going bad?

I had a similar situation. I had a tripped over-load on my circuit board. Once I re-set it, all was fine....

On my circuit board, there are two over-load breakers. They normally have green lights indicating all is good......one of them was red....very easy to find and fix....

[Dog_Trainer]

Converter should work whether you have batteries or not. It sounds like a problem with a regulator or other internal circuit in the converter. How does the system work with the MH unplugged and the motor running.

[Mandalay_Parr]

Maybe your batteries are bad. I would check them first.