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Yahoo Message Number: 67713
Hello,

My name is Lincoln Earhart and I recently purchased a 2006 Intrigue 530 with a 525 cat engine. It has Zantrex RS3000 and Hydro-hot. I am set up at a campground using 50amp and the engine batteries have lost their charge. Not sure if I have set up incorrectly or if there is a malfunction with the charger and the engine batteries are not being charged. Any ideas.
Lincoln Earhart, now in Casa Grande, AZ.

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Yahoo Message Number: 67715
Hello Lincoln. Congratulations on the new coach and welcome to the board.
You should have an Echo charger installed on the coach that allows the engine battery to be charged while plugged into shore power. On my 2003 Allure, the Echo charger is located above the batteries in the inverter compartment. The first thing I would check is the inline fuses on the Echo charger. I have found one of those fuses (20 AMP, slow-blo) blown more than once. There is also an Echo charger manual here in the FILES section.

Larry, 03 Allure, 30856
 

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Yahoo Message Number: 67718
At the risk of being redundant relative to other posts on the subject, the terminology usually uses the term "chassis" or "start" battery or batteries to refer to the battery connected directly to the starter and alternator (engine battery) The term for the other battery bank is usually "domestic" or "house" battery (usually a "bank" of two or more. "coach" batteries more likely than not refers to the "start" or "chassis" battery but it's best to be specific.

From what you describe it's likely you mean your "start" battery is depleted in spite of being hooked up to shore power. It could be because the start battery (and/or house bank) is bad, your so called "echo charger" (if you have one) or your inverter/charger is not functioning or the voltage difference between the start and domestic banks is too great for the echo charger to work. The underlying problem might even be a bad alternator and/or regulator.

For starters it helps to know what the voltage reading is across each battery bank while on shore power, what the readings are when disconnected from shore power for awhile, what the dash voltmeter reads when the engine is running and, if you have an echo charger, what the status of its idiot light is (green, red, blinking). The echo charger is located in the inverter compartment usually the upper part of the battery compartment.

It also would't hurt to know if this is a recent change of status if you have run the coach for some time or whether you simply haven't had it long enough to know if it had been OK.

The problem is not all that unusual but it i not necessarily easy to figure out what is or went wrong.

Jim M

'02 Intrigue #11410 ISL 400