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Charging Question - 2006 Magna

Yahoo Message Number: 65361
Hope someone can help me with a question on charging the house batteries. I stored the coach for 2.5 months and when i got it out of storage (without external power), I had just enough juice left to start the generator.
While in storage I had turned all the circuit breakers off to preserve power as well as the house disconnect switch.
I let the generator run but noticed it did not seem to be charging the batteries. I drove it to my house and plugged it in to external a/c power. Still no charging on the batteries.
The Pro-sine display near the front says both inverters and chargers are in standby mode. I can cycle between off and standby but not "on".
According to the manual the charger should work even with "dead" batteries.
My best guess is that perhaps because i turned the inverter circuit breaker off that it somehow needs to be kick started back into a charging mode. Pro-sine panel shows good a/c power in so I am confident there is a/c avail to the coach but it won't charge the batteries (which are almost dead now).
Any ideas? Where are the coach batteries located...should I take them to get charged to prime the system? Appreciate any advice anyone may have!

Thanks,
TJ

Magna 5491

Re: Charging Question - 2006 Magna

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 65373
TJ,

Just curious, what is the "Max AC Draw" setting on the Silverleaf inverter page? I'm assuming you are using that page to try to get your charger to "ON".
I have a single inverter system. My house batteries are located in the narrow bay door on the passenger side of the coach.
What is the amp reading on each of the 120 vac legs? Jim

2006 Magna 6652

Re: Charging Question - 2006 Magna

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 65374
May have solved the problem...not sure what i did differently but i decided to try resetting everything one more time before I went to bed. House batteries were now completely dead, but after I turned all 4 breakers to the inverters off and back on they reset and started charging. i am not going to mess with a good thing so i will leave it charging tonight and see if i have a full charge in the morning.

TJ

Re: Charging Question - 2006 Magna

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 65375
My 20 amp breakers have to be "on" to let power from the generator (or shore power) to the coach and battery charger/inverter.
Jack Nichols, 2003 Intrigue, 11527

Re: Charging Question - 2006 Magna

Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 65416
Thanks...reset no problem once I had power to the coach and turned all the inverter breakers off together then on one at a time.

TJ