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by David Mullins
(McAlester,ok)
My mother in law lives in a Fifth Wheel on an RV pad I built for her a couple a years ago. She has started having problems with her central heat kicking off when the electric water heater is turned on or if she turns on her lights more than one at a time, could this be a converter problem or even a battery problem?
It has been parked here for two years.
ANSWER: Hi David thanks for submitting your question on our Ask An RV Question Page.
1. Check the electrolytes in batteries and top them off with distilled water as needed.
2. Check the batteries for loose connections and clean any corroded battery connections.
Now it is time to check to see if the Converter is properly charging the house batteries.
I am not sure if your RV has a panel that shows a digital reading of the voltage going into your house batteries. If it does; follow the steps below to see if your house batteries are being overcharged. If your RV does not have a digital readout then you can use a simple voltmeter to get the voltage readings at the house batteries.
1. This step requires that the RV be unplugged from electric. go through your RV and make sure that all of your 12 volt lights, etc. are turned off. Then go to the panel that shows the battery voltage or use your voltmeter and see if the batteries show any charge at all. If they show any charge at all regardless how low, go ahead and move on to step 2.
2. Plug the RV into electric. Take a look at the battery voltage reading. If the charger is working properly the reading should be around 14.4 volts + or - .2 volts. If the reading is too high then it means that the charger built into the RV's converter is overcharging your batteries; If the voltage reading is low; it would mean that the battery charger was undercharging the batteries or not charging them at all.
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