Engine batteries not charging
I have my 2006 Bounder 37U here at home in my shop and has been hooked up to shore power since Wednesday. House batteries are charging and chassis batteries are not. Now the RV won't start. Where d...
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Temp fix. Jumper the two big terminals on the isolator. leave it that way for 30 minutes to an hour then try to start. Remove jumper when done.
To use aux start Press and hold button 30 seconds. release 30 seconds repeat then press and try to start.
NOW: though many RV's (my 2005 for example) have a B.I.R.D. system (Bidirectional Isolator Relay Device) not all do even today.. It Sounds like yours is one of the "Does not have" (Though this is not the only option. I will cover two more options in a second)
The TRICK-L-Start device. 3 wires (the two big terminals on the Big Boy and a ground) is all it takes to hook 'er up.
The other posibilities
1: With my factory battery this happend 3 times. Dirty battery terminals. Symptom in my case I turned switch ot ON dash lit up normally. Turned to START and everything died.. Emergency start (Aux start) worked
Cleaning terminals. Fixed
2: A shorted cell in the battery will give results close to what you measured.
To use aux start Press and hold button 30 seconds. release 30 seconds repeat then press and try to start.
NOW: though many RV's (my 2005 for example) have a B.I.R.D. system (Bidirectional Isolator Relay Device) not all do even today.. It Sounds like yours is one of the "Does not have" (Though this is not the only option. I will cover two more options in a second)
The TRICK-L-Start device. 3 wires (the two big terminals on the Big Boy and a ground) is all it takes to hook 'er up.
The other posibilities
1: With my factory battery this happend 3 times. Dirty battery terminals. Symptom in my case I turned switch ot ON dash lit up normally. Turned to START and everything died.. Emergency start (Aux start) worked
Cleaning terminals. Fixed
2: A shorted cell in the battery will give results close to what you measured.
