Battery Prices

[rbeecher]

Hi Richard,

My 94 Marathon has a blinking red light with a fairly soft beeper on the dash that goes off it the battery voltage is too low to run the inverter. The light says "refer off". Telling you the refrigerator has no power anymore. That is the only alarm. If you leave the autogen on it will of course prevent this from happening.

This happens at about 10.5 volts.

It is too soft to wake me up at that distance. Maybe in a 40 foot coach it would wake you.....


We park ours indoors, unattended when not in use, plugged in to shore power, refrigerator empty but running. If the power fails for a few days the batteries will run it a long time, several days at least if no one opens the door, and then it will stop. But with no food inside, it soes not matter. We also turn off the engine start battery switches near the engine to keep those fully charged.

Peter,

I am going to fix the problem, I'll just close the door to the bedroom and bathroom, that should do it.

Seriously, I think our beeper must be louder than yours.

Richard Beecher
2002 Marathon XLII 45
1996 VOGUE XL 40 FOR SALE

[Ray Davis]

Richard,

I have to assume our coaches are very similar. Where is this lo-battery alarm located? I've never heard one, but I've never yet boondocked enough that I may have set it off.

I've left my coach un-plugged for at least 2 days, fridge running, and coach is just fine. Currently auto-start is always off, because 99% of the time, my coach is in an enclosed hangar.

I do get a warning chime when shore power is removed.


Ray

[rbeecher]

Hi Ray,

The alarm is coming from the area on (in) the dash where the shore power chime is located. The low battery alarm sounds like a slightly muted version of the shore power alarm. I can leave our coach off for 2 days plus with the fridge running as well.

Right now I can't go do a test because I won't be anywhere near the bus for a month.

Richard
2002 Marathon XLII 45
1996 VOGUE XL 40 FOR SALE

[Petervs]

If you think an alarm buzzer is too loud, just track it down and wrap some insulation around it.

I drove a Cadillac once and thought the turn signal clicking was way too loud and annoying, the salesman said they did that on purpose because most of their customers were older and hard of hearing, this way they would remember that they had turned them on.

Needless to say I did not buy one. And they were trying to attract a younger clientel then even. Amazing.

[truk4u]

Jim Keller,

That's what I meant Jim, when unplugged, eventually the auto-start will kick in when the house batteries get low. I didn't mean the gen would auto-start when unhooking shore power.

This stuff is a lot easier face to face!

[rbeecher]

If you think an alarm buzzer is too loud, just track it down and wrap some insulation around it.

I drove a Cadillac once and thought the turn signal clicking was way too loud and annoying, the salesman said they did that on purpose because most of their customers were older and hard of hearing, this way they would remember that they had turned them on.

Needless to say I did not buy one. And they were trying to attract a younger clientel then even. Amazing.

Peter, Good suggestion.

I've owned two Cadillacs in my life, a '67 DeVille sedan I bought for $200 bucks in 1982 and an '05 CTS V with the ZO6 engine which GM bought back because they couldn't fix it. I can't wait for the new 550HP CTS V to come out! You can't hear the turn signal with a loud exhaust.

Richard Beecher
2002 Marathon XLII 45
1996 VOGUE XL 40 FOR SALE

[garyde]

I drove a Cadillac once and thought the turn signal clicking was way too loud and annoying, the salesman said they did that on purpose because most of their customers were older and hard of hearing, this way they would remember that they had turned them on.

Needless to say I did not buy one. And they were trying to attract a younger clientel then even. Amazing.

I learned how to drive and took my Drivers License test at 16 in a 1956 Coupe Deville. Pink with black top and a lot of chrome!
In the last few years, I have had the desire to find and purchase a mid 70's to late 70's Deville or Fleetwood but haven't found the right one.

[JIM KELLER]

Jim Keller,

That's what I meant Jim, when unplugged, eventually the auto-start will kick in when the house batteries get low. I didn't mean the gen would auto-start when unhooking shore power.

This stuff is a lot easier face to face!

Although the Gen Con 9232 board in our Coaches has the ability to start the generator if shore power stops. After many conversations with Larry Westhaver last year I learned of this option. My board took a polarity surge and required a repair. He told me a jumper wire and relocation of the a.c. power plug is all that would be required. I am thinking about updating to this option. Down here in Florida if your Bus lost power in a campsite while you were away for the day Temps could be pretty high inside when you returned.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

The Liberty coaches have auto start as well as a generator start if shore power is disconnected.

The real need to start if power is disconnected is if you have dogs on board when you go out for the day. We did not have that feature on our old coach and we came back to the coach to find some workers that were doing some power washing near our coach had turned off the power and never turned it back on when they were done.

If we were to ever bring our pups with us that would be on anytime we were gone.

BTW, Jim....us Liberty guys don't worry about it being hot in our coach. We turn on the Cruise Airs, but to bring the temps down right away we fire up the engine and run the OTR for a while also. A few minutes of that and it will be cool enough to require sweat shirts.

[JIM KELLER]

The Liberty coaches have auto start as well as a generator start if shore power is disconnected.

The real need to start if power is disconnected is if you have dogs on board when you go out for the day. We did not have that feature on our old coach and we came back to the coach to find some workers that were doing some power washing near our coach had turned off the power and never turned it back on when they were done.

If we were to ever bring our pups with us that would be on anytime we were gone.

BTW, Jim....us Liberty guys don't worry about it being hot in our coach. We turn on the Cruise Airs, but to bring the temps down right away we fire up the engine and run the OTR for a while also. A few minutes of that and it will be cool enough to require sweat shirts.

FYI Jon, Us Country Coach guys could also turn on the ROOF AIRS and fire up the engine and run the Country Coach OTR AIR to drop the inside temps to below freezing. BTW do you need some more Tool Books at Severville ?