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Lobstah
Jan 03, 2010Explorer
I think I've grumbled about this in the past, but does anyone know of a decent owners manual for these coaches? This subject reared it's ugly head again the other day. I was walking past my coach and heard several high-pitched beeeeeps, and wondered "Ok...what NOW?" My coach is plugged in all the time, because I found out the hard way that if it isn't, the batteries completely drain, even with everything I know of turned off, and a solar panel trickle charger on the roof, including my starting battery for the coach.
I went inside, and the beep seemed to be coming from my wind alarm awning device. We had had high winds the day before, so I reached up and hit the disable switch. Awning was in, btw, not extended. While I was reaching for the switch, I discovered two switches tucked way back in the corner on the side of the cabinet, battery DISCONNECT SWITCHES. Duh.
So I have two disconnect switches, one for Main, one for Aux. Is the "Main" battery the battery that also starts the coach? Or are Main and Aux completely separate from my starter battery?
When my batteries die, every battery in the coach is dead, including the one for starting the generator, which seems VERY odd to me. At least the generator battery should be completely isolated? The only way to bring my coach back to life is to plug it in, or presumably jump start it.
A manual that covers this stuff would be really helpful.
I went inside, and the beep seemed to be coming from my wind alarm awning device. We had had high winds the day before, so I reached up and hit the disable switch. Awning was in, btw, not extended. While I was reaching for the switch, I discovered two switches tucked way back in the corner on the side of the cabinet, battery DISCONNECT SWITCHES. Duh.
So I have two disconnect switches, one for Main, one for Aux. Is the "Main" battery the battery that also starts the coach? Or are Main and Aux completely separate from my starter battery?
When my batteries die, every battery in the coach is dead, including the one for starting the generator, which seems VERY odd to me. At least the generator battery should be completely isolated? The only way to bring my coach back to life is to plug it in, or presumably jump start it.
A manual that covers this stuff would be really helpful.
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