Re: Battery charging saga
I'm taking this as the separator keeps cycling on and off all the time with nothing in the van being used...maybe I'm wrong.
I can see that happening if the poster has a very small panel, but was posted the van has a solar boost 2000 and I assume more than 60W worth of solar because I read solar panels. Shoot, even on overcast days when I get only an amp of charge, my separator clicks closed and stays that way until I put a good load on the system. Sure if I've used my batteries over the night they have to charge for a few hours but if nothing has been used and the batteries are at resting voltage, at dawn with very little sun up my separator will close. The only time mine cycles like that is when the engine is running and I turn on the microwave on high...alternator charge starts, it clicks closed, voltage drops below 12.8, it clicks open, and continues to cycle that way until I turn the microwave off. After a long drive, I'll hear my seperator click open about a half an hour after killing the motor provided I'm not using something off either of the battery systems. When I had one of my starting batteries fail, it caused the separator to cycle like that. But with the switch cut in and open, my guess is the member will have dead batteries on one or the other system when left without charge if one is bad. [edit] At least that is a way to check the batteries to see if there is a problem.
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