Battery Draining

[TNTP]

Hi All! My battery is being drained by my lights, etc as if the converter is not taking over when I am plugged into 50 amps. Anyone know how to trouble shoot this?



Only time I have battery voltage(about 1V) at the red and yellow buss lines in the pic in the DC section to the right is when the battery is connected. When the battery is not connected I have about 1.V here and going to the + battery. I just put a new battery in.

[popeyemth]

If a new converter is too pricey you can add a stand alone 3 stage charger for less than $50 from Walmart
No need to get into the wiring just connect it and forget it.

[Bobbo]

Call Randy at http://www.bestconverter.com/. He will take care of you.

[TNTP]

Thanks for the help. Looks like I need a new converter, anyone know of a good one?

[skipnchar]

It's fairly easy to test the converter. While plugged into 120 volt power, remove the negative battery lead then measure voltage across the positive and negative leads AT the converter. No voltage means no converter power. If you do not disconnect the battery lead you will be measuring the battery so be sure you disconnect it.

Of course there is an EASIER way to get less pricises tests and that is to plug into 120 volt power, disconnect the battery and see if 12 volt items will work (water pump, lights, bathroom fan etc).

[popeyemth]

You should have an inline fuse or circuit breaker close to the batt.
Run down the wires from batt to converter and see.
Good Luck, Mike
Try using an ohmmeter from batt pos and neg (each) to the converter
If no continuity you likely have a fuse in line blown

[beemerphile1]

Since the label says ELX-45, I am guessing it is an ELixir converter. The Elixirs are no longer made and were a high failure rate converter.

You mention plugging into 50 amp. It appears that you only have a 30 amp breaker and 30 or 50 amp service is irrelevant to your situation.

Check the voltage at the battery. When plugged in your converter should be sending approximately 13.5 volts to the battery.

Please reduce your picture size to the maximum of 640 width according to forum rules. Makes posts hard to read when you have to scroll back and forth.