09-13-2024, 04:49 AM
(09-12-2024, 09:57 AM)cwl1979 Wrote: For right now the only electrical systems operational are run of the start batteries. I'm going to put a charger on the house batteries and see if i can shock them into taking up new life. If not just to save some money i might but the Interstate battery brand 8D 190AH batteries since they cost about half as much.
Right now I've got the inverter and remote panel sitting in my garage while i read through the manual, trying to figure out how I'm supposed to pass the shore plug and the generator through it but I'm close to figuring it out
Carl if you have a voltmeter read the voltage of each battery if they are lead acid you might be able to rejuvenate them but if they AGM and below 12.2 volts they maybe permanently damaged. A good way to find out is if you charge the batteries and the current meter on the charger never goes to zero you have one of the batteries with a bad cell, in that case disconnect all the batteries from each other and read the voltage of each battery, the lowest voltage battery will be the culprit. Be careful using the MERGE switch in the front of the coach this can lead you to having both house and engine batteries dead. the only wires going to your inverter are AC in and AC out plus a big red wire going to the house batteries and a big black wire going to the ground of the coach, this wire will be grounded in the battery compartment behind the big switch in the battery compartment. All those other wires more than likely when to a echo charger that keeps the engine batteries charged from the house batteries which are charged from the inverter. From the looks of this you may need a electrician.
1999 45' #504 "Magnolia"
Gravette, Arkansas
1996 40 XL Prevost Marathon