IOTA DLS45 Charger issue

[mbrund]

I have two of the 45's in my coach from the factory and I see an odd
issue with them. When I get to a site after having driving for a
long time, and I plug the coach in, the chargers will cause the amp
meter to rock back and forth from charge to discharge, and the DC
lights have flash at the same rate.

If I go to the battery compartment I can hear a clicking noise in
both chargers, at the same rate as the lights flashing. If I look
at the cooling fans they appear to be kind of rocking to the rate of
the clicking noise (not spinning, just kind of moving like 1/50th or
so of a rotation per click which occurs about every .5 to 1
second). I replaced both fans thinking they where the issue, but
the charger and fans still do the same thing.

Neither has an IQ4 smart controller installed. I can disconnect
either from AC power and the other continues, or just plug one in
and it starts doing this. Not sure, but they seem to not do this if
I let them cool off for 8 or 10 hours after making a drive where
they get heated up by the engine and road conditions.

I will contact the manufacture in the next couple days to discuss,
just wanted to know if anyone has ever seen this with this charger?

Michael Brundridge
1992 WB40
Georgetown, TX

[dspithaler@...]

Howard Will the IQ4 controller work on any two chargers that are
installed no mater what kind they are??
Don
89 SP 36'
Butler, PA
:

Michael,
You need to order a IQ4 smart charger and install it immediately. Your two
chargers are competing against each other and it will eventually destroy the
chargers. I would disconnect one charger until you get the IQ4 controller
installed.
Howard T., Sowega, 86 PT40







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[truitt44@...>]

Michael,
You need to order a IQ4 smart charger and install it immediately. Your two
chargers are competing against each other and it will eventually destroy the
chargers. I would disconnect one charger until you get the IQ4 controller
installed.
Howard T., Sowega, 86 PT40
>
> From: "mbrund" <mbrund@...>
> Date: 2007/07/10 Tue PM 09:06:09 EDT
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] IOTA DLS45 Charger issue
>
> I have two of the 45's in my coach from the factory and I see an odd
> issue with them. When I get to a site after having driving for a
> long time, and I plug the coach in, the chargers will cause the amp
> meter to rock back and forth from charge to discharge, and the DC
> lights have flash at the same rate.
>
> If I go to the battery compartment I can hear a clicking noise in
> both chargers, at the same rate as the lights flashing. If I look
> at the cooling fans they appear to be kind of rocking to the rate of
> the clicking noise (not spinning, just kind of moving like 1/50th or
> so of a rotation per click which occurs about every .5 to 1
> second). I replaced both fans thinking they where the issue, but
> the charger and fans still do the same thing.
>
> Neither has an IQ4 smart controller installed. I can disconnect
> either from AC power and the other continues, or just plug one in
> and it starts doing this. Not sure, but they seem to not do this if
> I let them cool off for 8 or 10 hours after making a drive where
> they get heated up by the engine and road conditions.
>
> I will contact the manufacture in the next couple days to discuss,
> just wanted to know if anyone has ever seen this with this charger?
>
> Michael Brundridge
> 1992 WB40
> Georgetown, TX
>
>
>
>
>

[Larry Dill]

Don and Howard,
I have just gone through this with the tech support at Iota, they say that you
need the Parallel IQ4 to work with two chargers... The regular IQ4's will not
work for two charges in sequence... They only work for one Iota Charger... Until
you get a Parallel IQ4, you disconnect one and only run one charger of the IQ4
smart controller...
HTH


Sea Ya
Larry
NYC
84 35FCSB

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Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:50:40 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] IOTA DLS45 Charger issue















Howard Will the IQ4 controller work on any two chargers that are

installed no mater what kind they are??

Don

89 SP 36'

Butler, PA

:



Michael,

You need to order a IQ4 smart charger and install it immediately. Your two

chargers are competing against each other and it will eventually destroy the

chargers. I would disconnect one charger until you get the IQ4 controller

installed.

Howard T., Sowega, 86 PT40



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[truitt44@...>]

Don,
I did not ask how your battery bank is set up. I have six 6v batteries in one
bank and one for the Genny up front. If you call John and tell him what you have
he can probably help.
I do not know if the IQ4 needs to match the chargers. If you will call John
Drake Services in Long Beach, California at 562-423-4879 and talk to John he can
tell you. I bought my Iota chargers DLS-55's and IQ4 controller from John. Very
nice guy reccomended to me by another Birder. Let us know what you find out.
Howard T., Sowega, 86 PT40

>
> From: dspithaler@...
> Date: 2007/07/11 Wed AM 11:50:40 EDT
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] IOTA DLS45 Charger issue
>
>
> Howard Will the IQ4 controller work on any two chargers that are
> installed no mater what kind they are??
> Don
> 89 SP 36'
> Butler, PA
> :
>
> Michael,
> You need to order a IQ4 smart charger and install it immediately. Your two
> chargers are competing against each other and it will eventually destroy the
> chargers. I would disconnect one charger until you get the IQ4 controller
> installed.
> Howard T., Sowega, 86 PT40
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

[dspithaler@...]

Thanks Larry Don 89 SP 36' Butler, PA

Don and Howard,
I have just gone through this with the tech support at Iota, they say that
you need the Parallel IQ4 to work with two chargers... The regular IQ4's will
not work for two charges in sequence... They only work for one Iota
Charger... Until you get a Parallel IQ4, you disconnect one and only run one
charger
of the IQ4 smart controller..I
HTH

Sea Ya
Larry







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[Rob Robinson]

I bought a new IOTA 55 and a parallel IQ4 from John. Good guy to deal with.

On 11/07/07, truitt44@... wrote:
>
> Don,
> I did not ask how your battery bank is set up. I have six 6v batteries in
> one bank and one for the Genny up front. If you call John and tell him what
> you have he can probably help.
> I do not know if the IQ4 needs to match the chargers. If you will call
> John Drake Services in Long Beach, California at 562-423-4879 and talk to
> John he can tell you. I bought my Iota chargers DLS-55's and IQ4 controller
> from John. Very nice guy reccomended to me by another Birder. Let us know
> what you find out.
> Howard T., Sowega, 86 PT40
>
> >
> > From: dspithaler@...
> > Date: 2007/07/11 Wed AM 11:50:40 EDT
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] IOTA DLS45 Charger issue
> >
> >
> > Howard Will the IQ4 controller work on any two chargers that are
> > installed no mater what kind they are??
> > Don
> > 89 SP 36'
> > Butler, PA
> > :
> >
> > Michael,
> > You need to order a IQ4 smart charger and install it immediately. Your
> two
> > chargers are competing against each other and it will eventually destroy
> the
> > chargers. I would disconnect one charger until you get the IQ4
> controller
> > installed.
> > Howard T., Sowega, 86 PT40
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ************************************** See what's free at
> http://www.aol.com.
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>



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