Winnebago Journey 2009 house batteries won't charge with generator on.

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Winnebago Journey 2009 house batteries won't charge with generator on. How often do house batteries need replacement? Anything else that could be happening? Thanks!

 

[Operator58]

In the electric bay there is an inverter switch, check to see if the switch is in the on position. Check to see if someone has installed a battery disconnect switch. When you say in will not charge the house batteries are all the 110 outlets working with generator running if not there is a circuit breaker on the generator next to the place you check the oil

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

House battery charging is via the 120v that powers your inverter/charger, so it works the same whether from generator or shore power. If you get charging on shore power but not generator, you must not be receiving 120v power on one of the two hot "legs" of you 50A power system. That suggest either a faulty Auto Transfer Switch that is not connecting both legs to the generator, or the generator isn't producing power on both of its legs, perhaps due to a tripped circuit breaker on the generator.

If the house batteries don't charge on either shore or generator power, then the number of possible problems are increased and could be the inverter/charger, batteries, battery control center & relay, disconnect switch, or battery wiring.

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

The OP also asked this in a General Discussion thread so I'm closing this one and ask that further replies be made there.

Generator isn't charging house batteries in Winnibago journey 2009

Any ideas about why this might be happening? How often do house batteries usually need replacement?

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