charging

So, I picked up our new DX3 earlier this week and love it, although I’ve only driven it 80 miles before parking it in my shop. During the walk-thru, the service tech explained some steps required to drain the air tank used for the air brakes and advised that I do this every time I park the rig...

I posted something earlier about my chassis battery being charged by a small 6 watt solar panel and the battery voltage deteriorating . A few FRF members suggested that disconnecting the neutral would prevent discharge. I actually removed the battery brought it home and put it on a charger...

I have an 2018 Micro Light and it has only one battery. If I dry camp for more than two days I need to charge the battery. I'm not sure if the area where the battery is installed now is long enough for two batteries, so right now I need to charge the battery I have. I have a couple of questions...

I am having a perplexing issue with the battery isolator installed in my camper. The old one appeared to have a bad solenoid so I replaced it with one made by Blue Sea. The issue is that the house batteries are not being charged. When the engine is on, my multimeter shows that there is...

2021 Coachmen Mirada with Onan 5.5, AGS, 1200 watt inverter, residential refrigerator and two 6v 100 ah batteries. After a full day of driving and presumably full coach and chassis batteries, we pulled into our parking spot with no shore power at 3:00 pm. We set the AGS to auto (programed to...

Our Jaboni 100W Solar Panel on the roof of our APEX NANO 194BHS is not charging the batteries. We have a Jaboni 10A-PWM-SCC Solar Charge Controller. Everything appears to be hooked up correctly at the controller, but our batteries just kept depleting, despite having ample sun available to the...

Hello all, I've a new rig on the way (Rockwood Roo 235s) and am planning to do fair bit of boondocking. I have purchase a pair of Lion Energy Sarafi UT1300 lithium batteries as well as a Honda EU2200i generator. The rig comes with a WFCO 8955 PEC Converter Charger Power Center 55 Amp, which...

I was wondering if anyone had real world experience charging 2 LiFePo4 batteries (Renogy Smart Lithium 100Ah), using a 155A alternator while driving? I just ordered a DC amp clamp to do some testing but in the meantime, I'd like to hear about anyone who has gone this route (vs DC to DC). The...

I assume there is some sort of isolator installed between the chassis alternator and the coach batteries. My dealer doesn't seem to know what is installed and how it functions. Mercedes says it is a Forest River part and they are not responsible. Any insight? Do I need to call the factory...

My charging station on my rock wood mini light 2019S has no power coming to it. I followed the wires. The charging station is also a transition box. One wire comes out of the under belly of the camper. I believe this wire goes to the electrical panel in the rear of the camper (red wire , white...

I have a 2004 Sun Voyager and I am confused as to how the batteries are charged. How are the house batteries charged and what relationship is there to the chassis battery. After having my MH plugged into 110 the house batteries got real low on their charge. The chassis battery stayed charged.

I've learned a good bit by reading some of the past posts about charging TT batteries while towing but now I have a couple of questions that I have not seen definite answers to. Equipment: 2007 Ford F150 XLT, 5.4L, 2WD, Coachmen Clipper 16B TT. I've added (1) 180W solar panel (not...

I have a 2017 MBS 2401WS Forester motorhome on a Sprinter chassis. This spring when I took it out of storage all the batteries were dead. I had to get a tow truck to jump start it after trying to jump charge it with my car and a diesel pick up. I did manage to get the genny started to charge...

2006 dynaquest 32. As a new owner I am finding out how the coach works by trial and error. Are the house batteries suppose to charge when the coach is running? Mine do not. Searching the threads I see the newer coaches have a BIRD, do the 2006 units have a similar setup? If not I would like to...

I have seen several threads that talk about charging the coach battery using the Promaster alternator. My 2015 does not do this. Is this due to an issue that I need to troubleshoot? Or is this a feature added in later model years (2015 is the first year)? Reminds me of the old advice to never...

I have a 2021 Grey Wolf 22MKSE that came with a single 12 volt 75 Ah battery and a 50 watt solar panel. I upgraded to a four 6 volt 430 Ah battery bank and 800 watt solar panel system with MPPT controller setup. The solar works very well at charging my battery bank quite quickly and rarely...

I have a 2003 Chevy Duramax. It is equipped with a single alternator. It has the mount for a second one, but I suspicion there is more to the electronics than simply adding another generator. My problem is simply, the truck does a very poor job of recharging the trailer batteries while driving...

Hi, I've got a small problem and am hoping someone can help: I installed two new Renogy 12v 100Ah to replace the stock marine batteries in my RV. After the swap, everything was back to normal. I then upgraded the converter part of my WF-8955 with the PD4655LIV. After plugging everything back...

Bought two new deep cycle batteries for my Forester. Batteries on One Control tablet monitor show charge after 3 days plugged in somewhere between 12.3 at 70% to 12.4 at 80%. Battery level charge never gets to 12.6 which is 100% charge. Is the One Control reading of voltage accurate? I...

My camper has two 12V batteries hooked together (would that be in series?). It's currently in for some repair (not battery related) and we're taking it camping the day after I get it back. The batteries were pretty depleted before I took it in so i will need to charge them quickly when it comes...

Hello Group, Another newbie question...I didnt double check to make sure my radio and inside lights were off before I closed up my 2018 wildwood for the weekend. I had 2 inside ceiling and the radio power on, but not playing..my question after reading the owner's manual.. Since the converter...

Plugged into shore power, battery draining Ran generator, no charge Chassis engine is charging battery. What is the fault and where might that be located so I can fix it?

What are most of you doing to keep the chassis battery and the coach batteries charged when not using I have a cover on ours so the solar panel is covered? I have a battery tender and it dose not keep up with the coach batteries my full size charger seams to work fine for the chassis battery.

2017 Forster House batteries not charging was working fine.Converter working fine no blow fuses at the battery didn’t find any loose wires all seemed good in control box. Any suggestions on next step? Thanks

For about a year I have had an intermittent problem with my house batteries not being charged with the alternator while driving. It would work fine sometimes and sometimes only the chassis battery would take a charge. It would correct itself so I kind of lived with it. I have found one thing...