Head-scratcher
Hello, again, and thanks in advance for any insight you folks can impart!
This is, I think, a continuation of the issue dealt with in my other recent post, "Battery Battered," wherein Ford probably killed my main van battery (the van is a 2003 Ford E350, 7.3 diesel, with a new Zamp solar set-up).
OK. So Ford replaces the main van battery. It runs and starts fine. The Zamp solar set-up is keeping the house battery full.
A few days later, I am in the shut-off van in my driveway, putzing around inside (the engine is off), and I decide to turn on the "Extra Van Battery" switch to listen to the radio. Immediately, the separator under the hood (I'm almost certain it's the separator) starts clicking on and off. To make a long story short, the clicking only ceases when I start the van up and then shut it down. Back to normal. No clicking noises.
The issue re-occurred the next day, when I experimented by plugging the van in to house current (with nothing inside the van on, except the solar, which was reading full). Again, the clicking commences, and continues for as long as I let it, ceasing only when, after unplugging, I restarted the engine, then shut it down.
So, do I have a problem? If so, how to proceed? The system worked perfectly before the new van battery was installed.
Thanks for any insight you can give. I do not know what brand separator/isolator is on the van, nor have I checked for loose/disconnected wiring yet. I'm trying to determine if something unseen and insidious is taking place that the "clicking" is trying to warn me about.
The van does have an Avitar security system if that matters in this case, which is operating normally.
- Rusty in Michigan
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2003 EB350, 7.3L, SMB 4x4, "50" w/propane
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