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Did I destroy my battery - Gardner Yeaw - 10-06-2006 11:56 I usually disconnect the coach and generator battery when I leave my coach at the storage facility (no electric hookup). I forgot the generator battery and it fed through the isolator and ran down completely. I ran the generator for several hours to charge it (I manually activated the relay to couple the coach batteries to get it started). The battery reads 10 volts when disconnected. I hooked the coach up to power and I am waiting till tomorrow to see if there is an improvement. Am I beating a dead horse here? I don't know the age of the battery, but it seems to be a few years old. Gardner Did I destroy my battery - Leroy Eckert - 10-06-2006 13:23 Gardner, I don't know about FC,s but I would let it charge and see what happens. Check the battery water level. Worst case, a new battery. I would consider a main battery cutoff switch in place of disconnecting and re-connecting batteries. Many problems are caused by operator error. That includes this operator. Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40 Niceville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Gardner Yeaw To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 6:56 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Did I destroy my battery I usually disconnect the coach and generator battery when I leave my coach at the storage facility (no electric hookup). I forgot the generator battery and it fed through the isolator and ran down completely. I ran the generator for several hours to charge it (I manually activated the relay to couple the coach batteries to get it started). The battery reads 10 volts when disconnected. I hooked the coach up to power and I am waiting till tomorrow to see if there is an improvement. Am I beating a dead horse here? I don't know the age of the battery, but it seems to be a few years old. Gardner [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Did I destroy my battery - Pete Masterson - 10-06-2006 13:38 Gardner, I don't know about the dead horse, but it sounds like you're beating a dead battery... You'll probably have to spring for a new one. At least it was only the generator battery, not the house batteries. Pete Masterson aeonix1@... '95 Bluebird Wanderlodge WBDA 42' El Sobrante, CA On Oct 6, 2006, at 4:56 PM, Gardner Yeaw wrote: > <snip> > Am I beating a dead horse here? I don't know the age of the battery, > but it seems to be a few years old. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Did I destroy my battery - Gardner Yeaw - 10-08-2006 11:54 When I finally wrestled the thing out of the coach I found the date, it was 5 years old so time to replace anyway. New one on order. Gardner 78FC33 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson > > Gardner, > > I don't know about the dead horse, but it sounds like you're beating > a dead battery... You'll probably have to spring for a new one. At > least it was only the generator battery, not the house batteries. > > Pete Masterson > aeonix1@... > '95 Bluebird Wanderlodge WBDA 42' > El Sobrante, CA > > > > > On Oct 6, 2006, at 4:56 PM, Gardner Yeaw wrote: > > > <snip> > > Am I beating a dead horse here? I don't know the age of the battery, > > but it seems to be a few years old. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Did I destroy my battery - Gary Miller - 10-08-2006 13:00 Gardner, Five years isn't bad for a well maintained battery, but if you aren't sure of it's treatment in the five years by all means replace it. After all, it is essentially your backup battery, for starting your backup electrical system. I think the bigger problem here is why the battery died in the first place. It's been a few months since I put on my Wanderlodge thinking cap, but I'm thinking the isolator, if properly wired, should be keeping the genny battery isolated. If you have a switch on your dashboard labelled 'aux batt' or the like, this switch will connect your gen battery to the house and start system when you need it. The relay which allows this to happen may be dead in the closed position. This can happen when someone holds the switch down too long in an effort to charge the gen battery from the house system. The relay is considered 'momentary' not 'continuous'. A quick check of the system would be to press the 'aux batt' switch and note any deflection of the voltmeters. If none, your relay is shot, or your isolator is wired improperly. Good Luck, Gary Miller 83 FC 33 Milwaukee area --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw" wrote: > > When I finally wrestled the thing out of the coach I found the date, > it was 5 years old so time to replace anyway. New one on order. > > Gardner > 78FC33 > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson > > > > > Gardner, > > > > I don't know about the dead horse, but it sounds like you're > beating > > a dead battery... You'll probably have to spring for a new one. > At > > least it was only the generator battery, not the house batteries. > > > > Pete Masterson > > aeonix1@ > > '95 Bluebird Wanderlodge WBDA 42' > > El Sobrante, CA > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 6, 2006, at 4:56 PM, Gardner Yeaw wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > Am I beating a dead horse here? I don't know the age of the > battery, > > > but it seems to be a few years old. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Did I destroy my battery - Gardner Yeaw - 10-09-2006 01:13 Gary, I was pretty sure that the genny battery should not have discharged and you configmed it. The aux switch is not working so I had to manually engage it to start the generator. I need to go over the wiring of the isolator and find out the purpose of a rogue connection to the generator side. I think someone may have added something but I haven't found the other end of the wire yet. Oh well, nothing like a little chalange to keep the brain working. Gardner 78FC33 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Miller" > > Gardner, > > Five years isn't bad for a well maintained battery, but if you > aren't sure of it's treatment in the five years by all means replace > it. After all, it is essentially your backup battery, for starting > your backup electrical system. > > I think the bigger problem here is why the battery died in the first > place. It's been a few months since I put on my Wanderlodge > thinking cap, but I'm thinking the isolator, if properly wired, > should be keeping the genny battery isolated. > > If you have a switch on your dashboard labelled 'aux batt' or the > like, this switch will connect your gen battery to the house and > start system when you need it. The relay which allows this to > happen may be dead in the closed position. This can happen when > someone holds the switch down too long in an effort to charge the > gen battery from the house system. The relay is > considered 'momentary' not 'continuous'. > > A quick check of the system would be to press the 'aux batt' switch > and note any deflection of the voltmeters. If none, your relay is > shot, or your isolator is wired improperly. > > Good Luck, > > Gary Miller > 83 FC 33 > Milwaukee area > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw" > wrote: > > > > When I finally wrestled the thing out of the coach I found the > date, > > it was 5 years old so time to replace anyway. New one on order. > > > > Gardner > > 78FC33 > > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson > > > > > > > > Gardner, > > > > > > I don't know about the dead horse, but it sounds like you're > > beating > > > a dead battery... You'll probably have to spring for a new one. > > At > > > least it was only the generator battery, not the house batteries. > > > > > > Pete Masterson > > > aeonix1@ > > > '95 Bluebird Wanderlodge WBDA 42' > > > El Sobrante, CA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 6, 2006, at 4:56 PM, Gardner Yeaw wrote: > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > Am I beating a dead horse here? I don't know the age of the > > battery, > > > > but it seems to be a few years old. > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > |