How is generator battery charged on an 82 FC?

[davidkerryedwards]

It'll be a day or two before I can get out to the storage lot and scope things
out. I'll try to
determine what has been disconnected. I know the switch that joins the two
batteries
together is working and I'm pretty sure that I've seen the voltage on the
generator volt
meter increase once I started the 3208. I suppose it's possible that I just
have a bad
connection at the generator battery and the extra power of the two batteries is
overcoming
the bad connection. But in any case, I've known that a wire was disconnected
from the
isolator and I figured that someday something would happen which would require
me to
figure out why.
I'm not a big generator user. In fact, I used the coach all last summer and
fall without any
battery problems. So, if push came to shove, I could just stick a battery
charger on the
generator battery and it could last me another season without recharging!

Kerry
82 FC 35
Denver

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "freewill2008" wrote:
>
> It depends on which cable is been disconnected.
>
> If only the cable from the isolator to the combiner relay is
> disconnected, then the genset will start with the dash combiner, but
> there will be no charging current going to the genset battery from
> the converter and/or the 3208 alternator.
>
> If only the cable from the 3208 starter to the other side of the
> combiner relay is disconnected, there will be charging current going
> to the genset battery but the dash combiner switch will not work.
>
> If both cables going from the front of the coach to the combiner are
> disconnected, or the cable from the combiner to the genset battery is
> disconnected, then the dash combiner won't work *and* the genset
> battery won't get any charge from the converter and/or 3208
> alternator.
>
> BobG
>
> >
> > If I understand Bob's post correctly, that cable being disconnected
> would also mean you would not have been able to start the generator
> by using the dash combiner switch, yet you were, so??
> >
> > Don Bradner
> > 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> > Eureka, CA
> >
> > On 6/28/2007 at 8:35 PM davidkerryedwards wrote:
> >
> > >Ah ha. I've seen what I think is that isolate in the house battery
> > >compartment mounted on
> > >the back wall. There is a heavy cable that is pretty obviously
> > >disconnected from that
> > >isolator. I have no idea why, but this could easily be the cable
> of which
> > >you speak and
> > >would account for the dead battery. Any idea why someone might
> disconnect
> > >that cable?
> > >It does seem as though the voltage meter on the generator reads
> higher
> > >when the main
> > >engine is running.
> > >
> > >Kerry
> > >82 Fc 35
> > >Denver
> >
>