Howdy Folks
I have a 2010 Carriage Cameo F35SB3, the last couple of trips were 3 days each.
The fiver stays plugged in at the house and when we arrive at camp, first thing I do is plug it in, then auto level the rig, it works as it should.
When breaking camp, the bigfoot auto leveling system doesn't want to retract the rear legs and it acts like it has low voltage.
The legs run up a bit, then stop and start clicking, I can let it sit a few minutes and it will run in a little more then starts clicking again, it takes a while to break camp because of this.
This last weekend, when we arrived, it was cold so we ran the furnace a bit.
After a couple of days in camp, running light fixtures throughout, I went to start the a/c and the controls just beeped at regular intervals and the a/c would not start (this is a new Coleman with Carrier controls).
Turn off all light fixtures they seemed dimmer than usual, and after a while, the a/c started working again.
When we got home, the rear legs would not drop, so disconnected both batteries, fully charged each one individually, hooked everything back up and it auto leveled as it should.
Also the front and rear buttons flashed continually, looked it up in the bigfoot manual and that is a indication of low voltage.
The rig has an Inteli-Power PD9260C Charge Wizard and 2 new Super Start Marine deep cycle batteries with 425 CCA.
I thought that the charger would keep up with any load placed on the 12v system, ramping up as needed but it seems as though I am draining the batteries as we camp.
I did visit the Inteli-Power website and followed the trouble shooting guide, it appears that the unit works, just can't verify if it is ramping up the charge to meet the load.
Or maybe I just need better batteries.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Paul
I have a 2010 Carriage Cameo F35SB3, the last couple of trips were 3 days each.
The fiver stays plugged in at the house and when we arrive at camp, first thing I do is plug it in, then auto level the rig, it works as it should.
When breaking camp, the bigfoot auto leveling system doesn't want to retract the rear legs and it acts like it has low voltage.
The legs run up a bit, then stop and start clicking, I can let it sit a few minutes and it will run in a little more then starts clicking again, it takes a while to break camp because of this.
This last weekend, when we arrived, it was cold so we ran the furnace a bit.
After a couple of days in camp, running light fixtures throughout, I went to start the a/c and the controls just beeped at regular intervals and the a/c would not start (this is a new Coleman with Carrier controls).
Turn off all light fixtures they seemed dimmer than usual, and after a while, the a/c started working again.
When we got home, the rear legs would not drop, so disconnected both batteries, fully charged each one individually, hooked everything back up and it auto leveled as it should.
Also the front and rear buttons flashed continually, looked it up in the bigfoot manual and that is a indication of low voltage.
The rig has an Inteli-Power PD9260C Charge Wizard and 2 new Super Start Marine deep cycle batteries with 425 CCA.
I thought that the charger would keep up with any load placed on the 12v system, ramping up as needed but it seems as though I am draining the batteries as we camp.
I did visit the Inteli-Power website and followed the trouble shooting guide, it appears that the unit works, just can't verify if it is ramping up the charge to meet the load.
Or maybe I just need better batteries.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Paul