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Title: House battery charger overheating
Post by: Brian O'Day on August 24, 2015, 02:18:09 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 102460 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/102460)
This weekend I got our coach out of storage. The house batteries were quite low. It was a 90 degree day and my xantrix (however you spell it) kept overheating. It would cool down then restart. It was trying to charge at 75 to 100 amps. Is this normal. ?? Brian O'DAY
2005 INSPIRE   
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Title: Re: House battery charger overheating
Post by: Barney on August 24, 2015, 02:56:29 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 102461 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/102461)
Brian,

Can you hear the cooling fan running inside the Xantrex? It may have died. A computer fan can be used to replace it if you are handy.

Barney

07 Inspire 52059
Title: Re: House battery charger overheating
Post by: Don S. on August 24, 2015, 04:26:26 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 102462 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/102462)
I would say the shutdown is normal. It is to protect the FETs and the transformer. If you have a battery temp monitor, it will also shutdown if the batteries get to hot. Once the charge rate drops to a lower level, the problem will go away

Don

'02 ntrigue 11427
Title: Re: House battery charger overheating
Post by: RAYO on August 24, 2015, 10:38:36 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 102469 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/102469)
Have checked the water in the batteries?  Low water can create the condition to cause over charginf.

Ray O 
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Title: Re: House battery charger overheating
Post by: maenandy on August 25, 2015, 02:56:40 am
Yahoo Message Number: 102472 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/102472)
it could also be a bad battery andy  affinity5667
Title: Re: House battery charger overheating
Post by: Brian O'Day on August 25, 2015, 09:09:52 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 102486 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/102486)
Thanks for the responses. The fan isn't running on the inverter. I will replace it this weekend.
Brian O'Day
2006 Inspire