House Battery Problems...
Our new-to-us 2001 Coachmen Leprechaun has an electrical issue that has me stumped. The house battery and converter that it came with where not producing adequate voltage and an RV tech that was working on something else told me to replace both and my problems should go away. I put in a Powermax PM3-55 and a couple good lead-acid batteries. Should have been good, right? While plugged in to shore power (sitting in our driveway) the coach voltage started to drop off and the new batteries were getting discharged. Testing with the batteries disconnected, I get about 12.6 vdc coming out of the converter, while lights, fan and fridge are running. When hooked to the coach load, house voltage drops down to about 11.6 vdc. I traced it back to the fuse panel under the bed hoping to isolate/identify (maybe) a ghost load or high resistance short to ground. Nope. A good 12.6 vdc feed is going to the fuse panel, but when I connect it to the fuse panel, it drops to1 11.6 vdc. Pulling out one fuse at a time, I expected to see which circuit is pulling it down. Again, nope. It stayed low throughout that exercise. So....I'm stumped. Is my brand-new converter bad? And can anyone tell me how a battery is supposed to charge while it is wired in parallel to the system load? Should I change the setting on the converter to a constant voltage instead of the fancy 3-stage charging? Any help would be much appreciated.
Help! 1997 4 Winds 5000 21 Ft. Motorhome
I'm new to this motorhome and it was winterized. I can't find the battery disconnect switch to turn it on! I filled the tankless bleach water to flush it and can't because I have no batteries I had the battery checked and it's fine so I'm told that I probably have to turn the battery disconnect switch on the man I bought it from didn't know it had one but he didn't use it except to drive it home from the person he bought out from.
1991 Tioga Electrical Issue
Hi All, I am trying to help my buddy who is borrowing my Tioga and of course experienced problems his very first night of RV'ing! The power went out on the LEFT side of the stove-top range, meaning, the fan and light don't work now. (The stuff on the right of the rangetop are ok where you have the tank metering). The water pump works fine. At the same time, the socket in the loft area went out. We did a visual check of the fuses (and I know we should do a continuity test on them, as well) and they seemed ok, but I would greatly appreciate any suggestions beyond that. Thanks in advance for any help!
electrical
Hello! Thanks in advance for the help! I am in a vintage 1987 Mini Winnie Winnebago, Toyota chassis. My nephew basically rebuilt the house for me, doing many upgrades. My biggest issue right now is that he wasn't sure how everything should be tied together per se, electrically, and also has not been able to supply me with a complete flow chart of how he wired it. I am hoping someone can develop a detailed flow chart diagram for me to put to use in revising anything I need to. I have 8 solar panels on the roof, 130w each; An MPPT charge controller; a 2000W pure sine inverter; a tankless propane water heater; a Velit 12v rooftop a/c unit; 4 LifePo batteries, 150ah each; a 75 amp charger/converter; a transfer/switch box; air bags on the rear. I thoink that is everything that he changed from the original equipment... Thanks again for any assistance! Terry Beckley
