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06-06-2006, 18:57

We recently purchased one of the early (1982) PT40's. Three weeks ago
everything started just fine. It has been connected to 50 amp service since
then. Last weekend we went out to start it and everything on the 12 volt
circuit
seems to be dead.

Testing the batteries all of them, house and generator, appear to be dead.

First of all, I am surprised that the generator battery seems to be on the
same circuit as the house (chassis) batteries. Is that accurate?

The 'bird seems to have more or less the original converter-chargers. There
are a pair of them, one labeled TU-550-2 and the other one labeled TU-750-2.
According to the owners one (the TU-750-2?) was replaced years ago. The
other one appears to be the original one.

The 750-2 unit was warm. The 550-2 unit didn't seem to have any temperature
at all and I suspect that it has failed.

Would the failure of one of these units cause both batteries to drain?

Is there a fuse of circuit breaker somewhere that might have tripped that
would shut down the chargers?

If one of these units has died, what is the consensus for replacement? Is
there something more modern?

Thanks in advance!

--PirateJohn--
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