Low voltage at atwood rv heater, help please
I am getting a low voltage reading at my heater. I am testing it with my voltmeter at the blower motor. I get a 10.6 reading when plugged into shore power. Furthur testing at the rv power distribution...
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Okay. So I'm slowly recharging my house battery from my car battery. By the way, this is a class c four winds Ford 350 motorhome, with one house battry in the engine compartment.
While I am hopeful my house battery will fully recharge (living full time, driving every day, but very little, like maybe for an hour), I have concerns the battery may need replacing. That all being said.....
I am thinking the low voltage problem at the heater, and the rv power panel while on shore power (with the most likely, but not sure, not working battery charger part) is separate (mostly) from the house battery issues I've had. I am thinking that since I am on shore power, I should see full volatage at the furnace blower motor. Or if the house battery somehow interferes with this, at least the 12v I see at the house battery, instead of the 10.6 I get, or the 10 with lights on. So I am still wondering, and really hoping someone knows to tell me, if I am seeing a voltage drop from that white ground wire.
How do I test the converter to see if the converter part is fully working? And how do I test the battery charging component of it? Or is the system so integrated that it is not possible to test them separately?
Does what I'm thinking make sense?
While I am hopeful my house battery will fully recharge (living full time, driving every day, but very little, like maybe for an hour), I have concerns the battery may need replacing. That all being said.....
I am thinking the low voltage problem at the heater, and the rv power panel while on shore power (with the most likely, but not sure, not working battery charger part) is separate (mostly) from the house battery issues I've had. I am thinking that since I am on shore power, I should see full volatage at the furnace blower motor. Or if the house battery somehow interferes with this, at least the 12v I see at the house battery, instead of the 10.6 I get, or the 10 with lights on. So I am still wondering, and really hoping someone knows to tell me, if I am seeing a voltage drop from that white ground wire.
How do I test the converter to see if the converter part is fully working? And how do I test the battery charging component of it? Or is the system so integrated that it is not possible to test them separately?
Does what I'm thinking make sense?
