A/C problems

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Hi Corey:

First things first. One the inverter panels, turn both inverters to off and
set the charging system to on. Then go back to your main breaker panel,
locate the breaker for leg one and leg 2, switch them off then back on and
switch the GFI breaker off then back on.

Now check your gauges and see what you have. Your chargers are on leg 2 and
I am betting that is the leg that is showing 105 vac. You can verify this
by switching both chargers off for a minute. The voltage should come back
to 120vac steady. If not then the auto transfer switch is suspect.

You may have 1 or more cells in a single battery pulling your system down
too. They need to be load tested individually if the above has not reset
the problem.

Oh switch off your Aqua hot breaker as it may pulling the system down as well.

Bottom line is it sounds very much like an automatic transfer switch has
the brain board bad.

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
84FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
Duncan, Oklahoma

At 10:43 PM 8/3/2008 +0000, you wrote:
>I am having some problems with my electrical system that started showing
>up on a road
>trip last week.
>
>As of today, I have no power while connected to shore power. I went to
>the bus today to
>check on things, and the battery light on my inverter panels was flashing
>indicating a low
>charge. I first checked the basics, all breakers, house breaker to 50amp
>receptacle, and I
>know that I am getting 50amps of 220 to the coach. Now, one of the panels
>will show
>A/C input when the generator is running, but the second panel will never
>indicate that is
>it receiving A/C input.
>
>Secondly, on the voltage/amperage gauges over the door, it is indicating
>that leg 1 is
>running very low amps, and normal 130volts, while leg 2 is showing very
>high amperage,
>in the 40 range, while only showing around 105volts.
>
>I am not sure if there is anything I can do in the mean time to at least
>get the coach
>charging without running the generator. Is there an external transfer
>switch, or is all the
>transfer handled by the inverters? Does this mean I have a bad inverter?
>
>Also, I have heard several folks mention Paul Davis, and Mr. Oliver. Do
>they have service
>facilities, and would they be recommended to service these busses? They
>are only about
>15mins from me.
>
>Thanks
>Corey and Jenni Graham
>1996 PT42
>Prosper TX