If I am NOT on shore power, draw batteries down to 12.3 or 12.4 volts, I assumed that when I plugged back into shore power, my PD9260 would start putting out 14.4 volts, or at least something close. Mine only puts out 13.6 measured on the output terminals of the PD9260. Is that a malfunction of the PD9260 or is there something else going on that I don't understand?

Was the battery really at 12.3 just as you plugged in? If you drove a bit home there may have been enough surface charge to prevent boost.Otherwise load it down to 12.0 and try again.Do you have a pendent? What happens when you push the button?

Trailer not plugged into shore power. I turned on several lights for several hours. Turned lights off. No other loads a/c trailer in storage. Voltage at 12.3. Then plugged into shore power. When electricity connected to converter after the delay in the surge guard, about 2 minutes, voltage was 13.6. No pendant.I assumed that if converter saw voltage below 12.7, it would output 14.4. Don't understand why it doesn't.

I just installed a new PD9260C in my TT. With both of my 24 batteries significantly discharged (< ~20%, yes, I know not good for the batteries--lol!!), at the start of the charge in bulk/boost mode (LED steady green at the pendent) I read about 13.65-13.70 volts (with 55 amps of charge current) at the battery terminals. The voltage quickly rose above 14 volts in less than an hour.If you don't read at least 14 volts at the battery terminals within an hour or so, then it's possible you're not in bulk/boost mode.

If I understand correctly, the converter doesn't START OUT at 14.4, but climbs to 14.4 in some amount of time? Not exactly what I thought should happen.

If the batteries are low enough to take all the amps it is putting out, the voltage will rise over time till it hits the target number. That is not uncommon.Having said that, could there be OEM versions of the PD which don't have the 14.4 stage activated? They might need the pendant to be plugged in? I dunno, just throwing it out there. If it's an aftermarket PD which you installed, I would sure think it is capable and ready to go to 14.4 as soon as it is able to get there.

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NinerBikes
Explorer
Oct 25, 2014
RJ, which are you, a Vendor, or a Representative for Progressive Dynamics?
RJsfishin
Explorer
Oct 25, 2014
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Bought one. Came in a brown box rolled in bubble wrap with no pendant or serial number. Are you this vendor or a rep of them?
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Yes !
09FLSTC
Explorer
Oct 25, 2014
RJsfishin wrote:
Like I said before, it is not unusual for a wizard to start off in the 13.6 mode even at 50% discharged, believe it or not, I couldn't care less.

But the 9100 series PDs w/o the charge wizard plugged in, was nothing more than a single stage 13.6 charger, identical to the older 7300. If by per chance you were to have a mislabeled 9100 series verses a 9200, it is a single stage charger, until you purchased a "charge wizard"
Just for info, all 9200s have the charge wizard built in, and the optional pendant just give manual control over the stages.
The older 9100 fixed voltage converters, were easily converted to 3 stage by pluggin in a charge wizard, ($30) which looks similar to the pendant, ($12) and also gives manual control.
Point being, don't confuse the charge wizard for the 9100, w/ the pendant for the 9200.
Last point, there is a reason why the pendant is most times included in the price of the 9200, reason being. and as the OP found out, you NEED it !

Bought one. Came in a brown box rolled in bubble wrap with no pendant or serial number. Are you this vendor or a rep of them?
mena661
Explorer
Oct 25, 2014
smkettner wrote:

Also the new power centers have the wizard built in.
/PD4560-50-Amp-Power-Center-with-60-Amp-ConverterCharger
Oh, that's nice.
time2roll
Nomad
Oct 25, 2014
BFL13 wrote:
Which model is it that has a boost button on the DC fuse panel instead of using a remote gizmo? (People have mentioned the fuse panel location is hard to get at)

That is the 4600, see page 5 of the manual.
http://www.progressivedyn.com/4600_operation_guide.pdf

Also the new power centers have the wizard built in.
/PD4560-50-Amp-Power-Center-with-60-Amp-ConverterCharger
BFL13
Explorer II
Oct 25, 2014
Which model is it that has a boost button on the DC fuse panel instead of using a remote gizmo? (People have mentioned the fuse panel location is hard to get at)
Ron_Nielson
Explorer
Oct 25, 2014
mena661 wrote:
I'd put in #2 if you're going to be stringing new wire. Price difference isn't that great.

Thanks, I'll do just that.

Ron
RJsfishin
Explorer
Oct 24, 2014
Like I said before, it is not unusual for a wizard to start off in the 13.6 mode even at 50% discharged, believe it or not, I couldn't care less.

But the 9100 series PDs w/o the charge wizard plugged in, was nothing more than a single stage 13.6 charger, identical to the older 7300. If by per chance you were to have a mislabeled 9100 series verses a 9200, it is a single stage charger, until you purchased a "charge wizard"
Just for info, all 9200s have the charge wizard built in, and the optional pendant just give manual control over the stages.
The older 9100 fixed voltage converters, were easily converted to 3 stage by pluggin in a charge wizard, ($30) which looks similar to the pendant, ($12) and also gives manual control.
Point being, don't confuse the charge wizard for the 9100, w/ the pendant for the 9200.
Last point, there is a reason why the pendant is most times included in the price of the 9200, reason being. and as the OP found out, you NEED it !
mena661
Explorer
Oct 24, 2014
I'd put in #2 if you're going to be stringing new wire. Price difference isn't that great.
time2roll
Nomad
Oct 24, 2014
My voltage drop calculator says you will drop from .9 to .5 by swapping from #6 to #4.
The rest is in the connections.

http://www.genuinedealz.com/voltage-drop-calculator