Windebrook
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- Joined
- Oct 9, 2014
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- 13
Hi all, Brand new here: having found i need some help I thought it was time to join. We are owners of a 2005 Itasca Horizon (40 ft., diesel) and even after 5 years we are still learning as we go (when we can actually "go"). We make lots of mistakes and I think this may be another. We hadn't used our "home" in about 6 months but had left it hooked up to shoreline the entire time, with a trickle start from house to chassis batteries. We would start it (and generator) up every few weeks, and generally check everything over, run a few components, check things , etc. Tuesday my husband checked everything over and had no problems. That same night we had torrential rains and a sudden power outage lasting about 4 hours. The next day we had these problems: 1) no lights - or anything 12v related; 2)110 appliances still worked; 3) all 3 house batteries were dead; 4) Fan on inverter/charger not kicking in (which i thought always did); 5) We ARE able to get 12v power from generator and from engine running but not from shoreline (or dead batteries of course). It appears that something is interfering with the flow of 110 to the 12v system and battery charger. We have a Dimension inverter/charger which i am beginning to suspect but wanted to see what everyone else thought. After much researching online I am wondering also about inline fuses and transfer cases/switches, and if batteries are dead because we left them on a constant charge by being plugged in to shoreline for so long and once no shore charging, they just drained down to nothing. I have checked the breakers under bed and even reset the inverter one (clicking was heard from inverter like normal) but do not know where or what to look for with inline fuses. Any ideas or suggestions will be much appreciated. Even if this involves pro tech repair, I would like to be knowledgeable about what they come up with for repairs. We are attempting to charge batteries externally but not looking good so far. Thank you again. Harry & Bev in MA