Has anyone every used one of these to start a bird?

[Al Scudder]

I was just going to say that. I have left my BB for 6 weeks (the longest) at rest-not plugged in. I learned the hard way that you must, turn off the DC main at the door, turn off the aux battery on the dash, turn off the converter or you will not start after a short period. I learned this AFTER I had found out that the AC power that I was using at storage barn was on a ground fault on the other side of a barn

When I am stopped for any period of time and do not need any power that is what I have done.At other times I just turn on the switch for auto start if the coach is standing alone for a unexpectedlonger time than what was planned.

Scooter

2000XL

Plymouth, MI

----- Original Message -----

From: sfedeli3

Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 6:07 AM

To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Has anyone every used one of these to start a bird?

Gary,

On my '85, you can rock the "aux battery" switch on the dash and it
will bridge the house and genny batteries- giving you added power to
start the genset. If the genny battery is losing its charge, it would
be cheaper to solve that problem with a "Battery Link ACR" (just
google it) and get rid of whatever convoluted crap was in there
before- usually a diode or battery isolator- to eliminate the voltage
drain. My genny battery stays connected all winter while in storage
and is like new in the spring.

Shane Fedeli
85PT40
Hershey, PA

--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", "hippieforever3"
wrote:
>
> If the bird is asleep, how do you get to the generator battery to get
> jumper cables on it? My gen tray won't come out without air up.
>
> I can start the generator but it takes a long time to get the
> batteries to where the Cat will purr.
>
> Regards,
> GPSGary
> 1984FC35
>
>
>
> --- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", erniecarpet@ wrote:
> >
> > Gary, when I had my coach on a consignment lot, they never had it
> on shore
> > power. Thus the batteries were dead. I attached jumper cables to
> the generator
> > battery and started the generator. In just a short time, I was up
> and running
> > and left that facility.
> >
> > Ernie Ekberg
> > 83PT40
> > Weatherford, Texas
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