Recent content by Charchlo

Good news and one more question. Everything is running great now. Having the battery monitor really helps me wrap my head around what is going on with the whole system. Have been off grid for 3 days now and have only been depleting about 1.3 -1.5 of capacity per day which is easily refilled the...

Thanks Kevin for your insight, just ordered a Victron 700 series battery monitor. Maybe once I can see what is actually happening with the batteries I can proceed from there. I do plan on doing mostly boondocking so this, like you said seems pretty essential. I'm including a screenshot of the...

Thanks byrogie, got a rainy day here so not much charging happening. Although I did have the inverter plugged into shore power, the converter was not trying to charge the batteries because they weren't connected at all. I need to come up with a plan to power the 12 volt systems (lights, water...

Wow that's not good. I moved the connections from the charger controller on to the same series of batteries and it has already jumped up to 12.2 in five minutes, so maybe that was that part of the equation? Learning as I go ;)

Why is 11.5 not good? Up to 11.6 now.

Nope first think I checked, batteries are wired correctly. When I put the positive lead on one battery and the negative on the other battery it does give me a reading of 11.5. Sorry I wasn't clear on that. I have shut the inverter off until I figure this out. On my rig there is no on off for the...

Thanks for all the replies! Thought I had done enough research but apparently not. I am running an extension cord from the inverter to the shore power line so it is running thru the converter, not very efficient I know. The inverter was using 100w on it's own. I was planning to replace the two...

Thanks for your reply halfwright, I do have the inverter plugged into shore power so it is feeding the 120 side, but all the dc connections in the old battery compartment are not connected to anything at the moment, so I don't think that could be happening. But I sure could be wrong, lol, still...

Thanks for the reply Kevin, these are brand new batteries and were tested at the store. So they were fully charged to begin with. Good idea on getting a battery monitor, all I have is a multimeter. I ran 10awg from pv to charger and 8awg from charger to batteries ( 8 was the largest size the...

Hey guys and gals, I have to admit all this solar stuff kind of gives me a headache. I have done a lot of reading and thought I configured my system appropriate to my needs but I'm now in doubt. I have a 96 Coachmen Santara 302SA Here is my setup: 4 100 watt panels 4 225 AH 6V batteries MPPT...

Well I guess it must be the converter that is bad. If i leave it plugged into shore power the coach and truck batteries will drain down and I won't be able to use the furnace. If I leave it hooked up to the battery charger I can't use the outlets for my tools. Very frustrating. Any...

I've been keeping it in the "use" position. My rig does not have a separate converter, it is part of the power center. There does seem to be a hum coming from their and no blown fuses. Guess I will have to invest in a good multi-meter to figure out what is going on. I think the biggest mystery...

Finally found the perfect RV for me and have been busy with renovations but have encountered a perplexing problem with the electrical system. This rig has an Intellitect Power Center and has a switch located near the entrance with two options; Store and Use. I have shore power hooked up but the...

That would be the logical conclusion, but the genny only has 120 hours on it. Very strange. Big snafu in the purchase though. The kid didn't have a clean title. When his cross country trip fell thru he never bothered to mail in the title to have it updated. He just remembered this morning and...

Oops one thing I forgot to mention that has me mystified and searching online was no help. There is a large gas tank in one of the basement bays next to the LP tank. At first I thought because of the previous owners racing background was an extra tank for fueling his car but on closer inspection...