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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Topic: Battery dead:won't charge Posted: 26 Jun 2013 at 9:09pm |
Anthony, check your documentation. The converter in my 2013 RP-172 is a WFCO WF-8955PEC. It is a 3-stage charger with 14.4V Bulk Mode, 13.6V Absorption Mode, and 13.2V Float Mode. It is rated at 55 Amps, but probably only supplies that if the battery is really depleted. |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 26 Jun 2013 at 9:34pm |
Yup, they are 3-stage chargers. I will have to disagree on the 100% DOD assertion.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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21grandma
Groupie Joined: 04 Jun 2013 Location: Dubuque, Iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 83 |
Posted: 26 Jun 2013 at 9:55pm |
Would you beleive that all the fuses were in the off position! New problem The refrigerator failure light is flashing. It is in the electric mode.
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21grandma
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Anthony Valenzano
Groupie Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: Archbald Pa Online Status: Offline Posts: 44 |
Posted: 26 Jun 2013 at 10:46pm |
They say float mode but then they go on to say that it doesn't float. They even put quotes around it "Float mode". What it really does is drop to 13.2V, A float charger disconnects from the battery until it discharges some. Its sort of more like a trickle charger that can deliver loads of current.
But that's not the point that concerns me at all. A lead acid this size can not be charged with 35 or 55 amps and last. A three mode charger should charge with a fixed current, then a fixed max voltage, and then trickle or float. The fixed current should be appropriate for the battery attached. 2 to 4 amps for something this size. So my point is just that if the battery is really low, bring it up with a real charger that you can select the charge rate and it will last much longer. The deeper you happen to accidentally discharge the more important this is. |
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bhamster
Senior Member Joined: 19 May 2011 Location: Washington Online Status: Offline Posts: 165 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2013 at 12:10am |
Which electric mode? AC or DC?
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Seanl
Senior Member Joined: 19 Sep 2011 Location: Fredericton NB Online Status: Offline Posts: 633 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2013 at 6:50am |
Don't know if you have the same model fridge but if you push and hold the mode button until it shuts off then push mode button again to turn it on it should reset. |
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Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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21grandma
Groupie Joined: 04 Jun 2013 Location: Dubuque, Iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 83 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2013 at 8:06am |
Pushed mode and will turn off. but when I push mode to turn it back on, it begins flashing. Where is AC indicator?
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21grandma
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Seanl
Senior Member Joined: 19 Sep 2011 Location: Fredericton NB Online Status: Offline Posts: 633 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2013 at 12:21pm |
The light that is lit below is the AC indicator the one below it is battery and below that gas. |
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Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2013 at 1:49pm |
Sounds like you are getting 12 volts from the converter, which runs the fridge's brains, but still no AC. One thing to check is the GFCI outlet inside, it may be the same circuit that runs the fridge and if the outlet has tripped you'll need to reset it.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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21grandma
Groupie Joined: 04 Jun 2013 Location: Dubuque, Iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 83 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2013 at 2:29pm |
Bothe buttons are pushed in on the GFCI outlet, and neither one will pop out.
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21grandma
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