Orick
Well-known member
For some time now I've noticed that turning off the "Aux (house) Battery" switch shuts down shore power to the coach. It hasn't been a major problem so it's languished on my list of things to do but I've finally gotten around to looking into it.
It's my understanding that a converter takes over the duties of supplying 12v to the coach when attached to shore power and takes the coach batteries out of the equation... but keeps them charged via the Dimensions Inverter/Charger. What I have been observing instead is the house batteries constantly cycling... that is discharging and then recharging as the charger goes into Bulk Mode. All of this leads me to believe that if there's a converter in there someplace it's not working. I should mention that I'm currently limited to a 20amp shore line and the charger in bulk mode can eat up several amps.
I've poured over my manuals and can only find a brief reference to the converter and it's role but no details on even where it is. As I began to investigate, I've found that the 120v outlet located in the electric utility bay right above the inverter is dead. I haven't yet tried to run a seperate extension cord to the the plug that uses it to see if that rectifies the 12v converter issue because I wanted to find out why the plug is dead first if at all possible. I'm now looking over the wiring diagrams for the coach to see if I can find where the breaker controlling it might be but wanted to put out feelers to see if anyone else knew what might be going on.
Thanks in advance for any insights.
It's my understanding that a converter takes over the duties of supplying 12v to the coach when attached to shore power and takes the coach batteries out of the equation... but keeps them charged via the Dimensions Inverter/Charger. What I have been observing instead is the house batteries constantly cycling... that is discharging and then recharging as the charger goes into Bulk Mode. All of this leads me to believe that if there's a converter in there someplace it's not working. I should mention that I'm currently limited to a 20amp shore line and the charger in bulk mode can eat up several amps.
I've poured over my manuals and can only find a brief reference to the converter and it's role but no details on even where it is. As I began to investigate, I've found that the 120v outlet located in the electric utility bay right above the inverter is dead. I haven't yet tried to run a seperate extension cord to the the plug that uses it to see if that rectifies the 12v converter issue because I wanted to find out why the plug is dead first if at all possible. I'm now looking over the wiring diagrams for the coach to see if I can find where the breaker controlling it might be but wanted to put out feelers to see if anyone else knew what might be going on.
Thanks in advance for any insights.