House Batteries

Gary,

I will post the website or phone # as soon as the unit arrives. I am ordering it from Newell Coach parts department so I don't have any other info on it. I read about it on newellcoach.com website under Tech Talk (search BATTERIES).

I googled "Pulse Tech" and got altenergystore.com They have a good explanation of how it works. It seems similar to what I have seen at Newell, but I am not sure if it is the same brand. It should arrive UPS before we leave for Santa Fe, if it does I'll bring it with me.:D

Mike,
Your inverters will shut off at a pre-determined low voltage, it's usually called an LBCO (low battery cut-off) in the set up menu and is programable, depending on what inverter you have. When you fired the gen, it wouldn't allow the inverters back on line until an acceptable voltage was present. The other posts had good points, clean terminals, ground and battery health is the key. I would have each battery load tested after a full charge and you may find one or two sucking the life out of the others. You didn't say how old they were.

Not familiar with CC, but on my Marathon, there is large dual 24v cutoff for the house, a 12v house cutoff, a 12v generator cutoff and a large dual 24v cutoff for the inverters. When these are all in the off position, mine is dead as a door nail, with no current flow. I checked it with a meter when I changed the batteries. All of this is in addition to the chassis 12 & 24 cutoffs.

The house should last a long time if everything is off, just like the chassis batteries. ;)

Jon Boy

I am dry camping for a couple days and my inverters are reding overload from time to time. I have only normal draws such as hot water, tv, etc , so I am wondering why the overload light comes on for about 5-10 minutes. First it's one inverter then the other a half hour later.

Lew

I can't help you Lew. I don't think we have the same inverters and I don't even know much about mine.

Tom???

Louie,
If your trying to run hot water, 120 volt, the inverters won't handle the amperage while running all the other stuff you need. What all do you have on and what inverters do you have?

I think that a phone call to Lifeline battery might be a good idea before hooking any type of pulse power to AGM batteries. Seems to me that I read that AGM batteries do not need or want any type of "cleaning" charging.

Truk4

I really had the very least I could have had on when the overload light cam on. I realy have no control whether the hot water heater is on or not under normal conditions. All else, a TV, a small lite and the computer. Actually very little.

I have two 2500 Heart inverters only a couple years old.

Lew

Lew,
If yours is like mine, I have 2 hotwater heaters that are power hogs. They pull about 17 amps each, but they will not operate while on inverter. Try pulling the breaker on the heaters and see if that helps. It sounds like a power management problem and you may have a lot more things running then you think. Mine are Trace 4000's and automatically kills the leg causing the overload and then has to be reset, forcing you to take some of the load offline.

I know when it's time to dry camp, I have to check on all the power needs, kill breakers, etc. to get the most out of the batteries. If it's cold where your at, the bay heaters could be on. I assume you have good batteries and the voltage is good.

Let us know how your making out...

Our coach has two chargers in the back running off the engine by belts. They both are in charge of the
house batteries. One a 24v and the other a 12v. The 12v is a Delco and has a LESTEK model 6116
regulator. The regulator is rusted where the terminals are (one was broke off) so I was going to take it
in and find a replacement.

Question...Is there a recommended 12v alternator with a built in regulator that work good for this
situation? If I can remember, using AGM batteries I need a14.2 charging supply. Or is there a setup
anyone can recommend? Or just have my Delco checked out and get another regulator.

Thanks for any help.

Dale,
I'm getting ready to replace my 12v alternator, 2nd one in 15 months. It has a built in regulator - so I'll try to get you a part number. Not cheap as I recall - about $375.

I'm using Gel Cell batteries.

Mike