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Re: adding to coach battery capacity
After the advice here and checking with battery stores it's obvious that any 12V set up would be no improvement and probably worse. I will explore the 6V solution and using sealed batteries can have one in the coach. I just need to find a good supplier as they are not available here in my town. My current coach battery is a 10" depth so that's the max I can go.427Views0likes0CommentsRe: adding to coach battery capacity
I can try and find 6V batteries of the size that will fit in my limited compartment space. It just fits the current 12V deep cycle one. I could get 2 larger (dimension) in which one fits into the battery compartment and one I could put in the closet and connect them in parallel. If I did that by connecting both to the inverter, thus they'd only charge or do nothing than run the 12V coach system, if the inverter isn't on. Is that a solution? Sort of loath to replace the inverter because 1) it was expensive and 2) it will run a toaster, coffee maker and even a toaster oven.427Views0likes0Commentsadding to coach battery capacity
Hello All I have a 1990 Warrior on the 1 ton Toy chassis. I do not have a working generator and even if the old Tecumseh I do have ran (died 8 months ago) I wouldn't want to use it as it's smoke blowing rattletrap compared to new models out there. I also don't want to haul a portable and the fuel for it at that would be on the rack at the rear. So I'd like to beef up the coach battery capacity. The current battery is less than a year old and rated at 100 ah. I have a 4K W inverter it's hooked to and it will run a piece of med equipment I need for about 6 hours. I'd like 8-10 hrs. I thought of getting a small, sealed AGM battery that I could put inside the coach and connect it to the inverter too so that all 3 components would be wired together and the batteries would charge when driving. The smaller battery that I'v found is 35 AH. There seems to be a question among the people I've asked as to whether the smaller battery would just diminish the overall AH when I operated the coach from batteries only. So I thought that I could just connect the smaller battery to the inverter where the larger battery already is connected and everything would be happy and I'd get longer juice production. Can anyone give me an answer on this? Many,many thanks3.6KViews0likes14CommentsRe: 1990 Winnebago Warrior Kohler generator
Well I tried everything that I can do diagnostically. I finally took the RV to a service shop. The tech is just amazed at how inaccessible the gen-set is and that simple things are just not able to be gotten to without pulling the entire unit. Now that is frustrating. I can see the fuel pump but can't get to it and that may be the problem as there is no fuel odor even when choked. I'd install a new one if I could access it. Pulling the set looks almost as impossible. I have the installation manual but even getting to anchor bolts/nuts is ridiculous. The tech said a minimum of $500 but if he could at least access the fuel line he could determine fuel supply but even he can't! What a ridiculous set up. So I think I'll keep an eye out for a stand alone generator that I can just set off and plug into if I need to. I rarely need the gen. so even not having one isn't the end of the world. I have an inverter and solar charger so maybe that will be enough for my simple needs. Thanks for all the input!544Views0likes0CommentsRe: 1990 Winnebago Warrior Kohler generator
Well, the oil and gas weren't a fix. I need to manually reset the oil level switch. The PDF manual I downloaded states this and also has a completely unreadable photo of the switch location. I cannot find the switch and have no idea where it is. Any help out there? Many thanks543Views0likes0CommentsRe: 1990 Winnebago Warrior Kohler generator
Well, I still need to find that reset button. It's in the PDF version of the manual but the photo is too poor to actually use it for help. But apparently that reset must be done if the generator stops working due to a low oil level, which mine had.543Views0likes0Comments
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