lfeather
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What happens if you try to run the generator?
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Ames
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Same thing happened to our neighbor with their new to them motorhome. The charging circuit from their inverter to the house batteries had a tripped fuse. The thermostats for the AC unit(s) refrigerator and heaters work off twelve volts as mentioned above. The usage ran the batteries down and the appliances quit working. Resetting the fuse solved the problem for them and should for you.
Be sure to check water (electrolyte) level if you have wet cell batteries and keep the plates covered but do not fill to the plastic lip or you could get an increase battery gassing. If a house battery is hot stop the charging source immediately disconnect (ground first) and remove the battery as it has a shorted cell and is an explosion hazard. It will also block the 12 volt circuit and prevent the operation of the items you mentions.
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Hjudge49
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If you can start the Genset ( maybe use the battery boost switch) it should charge the house batteries. START THE ENGINE FIRST, so you don't run the starting battery down.
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MNtundraRet
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You have found the correct switch and if you had a dim light the switch is working. Leave it on and plug into shore power. If the converter/charger is working you should see one of your 12v lights brighten. If not, turn off the switch, hook up your battery charger to the house battery, plug it into shore-power and let it charge the battery for 4 to 6 hours. On my vehicle running the engine will charge the house battery, but the battery disconnect switch must be turned on for that to happen.
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Ames
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Genset only supplies 110 power to the coach the same as shore power normally and either source is essemtially the same (110-120 volts). If you have 30 amp shore power and two roof air conditioners the rear air may only work with the generator running as it may be on a seperate circut) The inverter charger or converter-charger normally supplies the house battery charge.
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deandec
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In addition to breakers and the fuses on panels, I have two high amp fuses on the wire between my battery bank and the inverter/charger/converter. When those fuses fail, I get the symptoms you describe. Battery does not charge and then 12v systems including thermostats do not work.
One of the fuses is in the battery box compartment and one in the electric bay immediately after the inverter.
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wa8yxm
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I think you fixed it.
You said that one of the breakers was "Half Tripped" Trust me, there is no such position.. The 3 positions are ON, OFF and on SOME breakers TRIPPED (So it was all tripped cause that's the middle position)
What was the label on that Tripped breaker... CONV by any chance?
If it was (or CONVERTER) then your converter had nothing to convert and what you got is what you would get under those conditions.
And by resetting it, you may well have fixed the problem.
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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TraJazlyn
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I have tried everything. I finally bought new battery. Hooked it up. Works again. After using it for 3 days while hooked up to campground electricity, battery is still not staying fully charged. On powercenter, there are four showings for the battery, (E,F,C,?) It is staying on F and sometimes C. What do these things mean? At the entry step, I have the Coach battery on at the battery disconnect and the chassis on store. Is this right? Also, what could be wrong that it is not staying fully charged? I have barely used the air conditioner and lights.
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frankandvicki
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Do you have a Voltmeter? If so check to see if you are getting any output out of your Converter/charger. You do this by measuring voltage at the Coach Batteries while either pugged in or have the gen running. You should see voltage above 13 volts if it is working. If it is not working then you will be measuring the state of your batteries.
Also you should see brighter lights when plugged in or gen running if the converter is working.
Just a thought -- Frank O.
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NotQuiteWT
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Ah the Condor power problems...I owned one, bought it new and fought problems for the entire 4 years I had it. The power converters were known to be bad and the company ended up going bankrupt. I replaced it with one from Camping World. That helped but I never did find the power draw that would drain the batteries. The batteries would be dead after sitting for 2 weeks. I even took it back to the factory where they replaced several components. It was frustrating!
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