Loss of converter charge after using a coffemaker

[Jackie_Treehorn]

I have no idea whether it's related but this morning in the primitive area we're staying I turned on my generator and used a drip coffeemaker. It was probably left on for an hour heating the pot. When I turned off my generator I lost all 12V throughout. Turning the generator back on I see the converter is putting out 14.6 volts but the batteries aren't getting that charge- instead they've dropped down to 11.5 volts which I presume explains why I have no 12V power. Is there anything in between the converter and the house batteries that I should be checking- it seems to me that should be an uninterrupted connection?

Thanks for any suggestions-

[prstlk]

There will likely be a breaker on your inverter. Sometimes more than one. About the size of a pencil eraser. They may not pop out, you can manually pull and push them to reset.
Mine pops when we inadvertently turn on 2 electric heaters at once.
Let us know

[RoyB]

We have a fused link between our battery bank and the on-board converter/charger unit. This link is close to the battery terminals and is there to protect the wiring between the two units in case of short circuit to ground.

I'm surprised to hear anyone running a Generator to heat up the high wattage type coffee maker for hours on end to keep coffee hot.

Our coffee pot is only on 120VAC for about 5 minutes to brew up a 10-cup pot of hot coffee.

We use the Cuisinart DGB600B which grinds and brews fresh coffee beans and pours up into a 10-cup thermos carafe.


We do this each morning when we are using our 2KW Generator to power up our on-board Converter/charger unit to re-charge our battery bank.

Might want to look into something like this to keep from having to heat up the coffee pot for hours on end... We always have hot coffee all day long and can brew up another pot in just five minutes...

Roy Ken

[rgatijnet1]

Check on your converter itself and look for a popped circuit breaker.