Did I destroy my battery

[Gardner Yeaw]

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"
wrote:
>
> 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
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > 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]
> > >
> >
>