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WD0AFQ
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Registered: November 2004
Location: Dexter, Mo.
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Will a bad battery cause the isolator to go into overload?
I have been cleaning the cables for 6 months to keep the engine battery going. Seemed to work everytime. I do not plug it into AC because of the solar, when parked in our drive.
Went out today, no engine, click and all lights go out. Like a bad connection. My 3 stage Vector wont charge the thing. So, I take cables off. Still wont charge it. It is a booger as I have to pull the dang inner fender, 3 battery tray. Voltage shows 12.4 on the battery but my house batteries show 13.5, as the solar is on them. That tells me I am not wired right somewhere, or I have a bad component. I wonder if the isolator is bad again?
For some reason it just does not seem to charge from the solar, PD 45, only the alternator. Seems I have had engine battery problems for 6 years on this coach and I can not figure it out. I lost an isolator 3 years ago. Last year I lost a combiner. My boost switch is wired to the engine battery so when I really have a dead battery I can not boost it. Shouldn't the boost be wired to the house batteries?
Oh well, I have cooled off now so I guess back out into the heat and pull the inner fender. Got to get ready for another trip on Wednesday.
Dan
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