1994 Bounder Questions
Howdy folks,
I'm hoping someone may have experience with a near same year/model to my rig.
It is relatively new to me as such I haven't had a ton of time to go over systems other than the basics.
First question, Should the converter charge my chassis battery? I'm guessing probably not because generally the alternator would keep it charged and in an emergency you could use the aux start to boost from house batteries but please correct me if I am wrong.
I am currently living in her, but the engine is blown so obviouslly never runs, however the chassis batteries are used for leveling jacks, as well as steps and stereo and I notice it is run down after a while and hasn't charged up on its own, so Im curious about the possibility of using an echo charger? I've seen them in boats lots, used to charge house batteries from engine battery when it is full, but prevents back drain.
Second question my converter doesn't seem to be giving my aux batteries a good charge, seems like lots of power for lights furnace etc, but today I lost AC power and hardly had enough juice to crank over the generator a couple of times.
I'm not using a ton of power and often not home during the day so one would think that it would have plenty of opportunity to get the charge up.
Last question for now, My rig has a furnace as well as a bus heater under the bed that would heat from the hot radiator water.
The furnace has a vent in the bedroom, one in the bathroom and one in the main salon area. however there is another vent beside the one in the bedroom and the one in the salon and 2 at the stairs which never seem to put out anything, can anyone tell me what they are for? are these possibly another set that would run from the radiator?
If that is the case I'm considering building a wood fired boiler outside to heat the water in that circuit, and save me a ton of money on propane without the hazards of wood heat indoors.
Thanks for any information you can offer.
I'm hoping someone may have experience with a near same year/model to my rig.
It is relatively new to me as such I haven't had a ton of time to go over systems other than the basics.
First question, Should the converter charge my chassis battery? I'm guessing probably not because generally the alternator would keep it charged and in an emergency you could use the aux start to boost from house batteries but please correct me if I am wrong.
I am currently living in her, but the engine is blown so obviouslly never runs, however the chassis batteries are used for leveling jacks, as well as steps and stereo and I notice it is run down after a while and hasn't charged up on its own, so Im curious about the possibility of using an echo charger? I've seen them in boats lots, used to charge house batteries from engine battery when it is full, but prevents back drain.
Second question my converter doesn't seem to be giving my aux batteries a good charge, seems like lots of power for lights furnace etc, but today I lost AC power and hardly had enough juice to crank over the generator a couple of times.
I'm not using a ton of power and often not home during the day so one would think that it would have plenty of opportunity to get the charge up.
Last question for now, My rig has a furnace as well as a bus heater under the bed that would heat from the hot radiator water.
The furnace has a vent in the bedroom, one in the bathroom and one in the main salon area. however there is another vent beside the one in the bedroom and the one in the salon and 2 at the stairs which never seem to put out anything, can anyone tell me what they are for? are these possibly another set that would run from the radiator?
If that is the case I'm considering building a wood fired boiler outside to heat the water in that circuit, and save me a ton of money on propane without the hazards of wood heat indoors.
Thanks for any information you can offer.
