Converter Failure

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   I think you need to look at the battery and measure, nut count on the LED light panel.  At some point you may want to mount a digital voltmeter in the Pod, which will give you an accurate measure of battery voltages without checking directly at battery.  Lastly disconnect the shore power, and see what your 12V stuff does.

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mcarter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419	Topic: Converter Failure Posted: 01 Aug 2017 at 7:52am
	I think you need to look at the battery and measure, nut count on the LED light panel. At some point you may want to mount a digital voltmeter in the Pod, which will give you an accurate measure of battery voltages without checking directly at battery. Lastly disconnect the shore power, and see what your 12V stuff does.
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furpod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128	Posted: 01 Aug 2017 at 7:41am
	The result of the 40A's being blown is exactly the same as the converter being dead, no 12v going to the system from the converter.

NoDak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 Aug 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 26	Posted: 01 Aug 2017 at 7:27am
	Thank you!

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Posted: 01 Aug 2017 at 5:28am
	You may want to do a search on "converters". There have been several recent posts regarding converter issues and a lot of good troubleshooting advice was written. Judging by what you post, it does sound as though the unit may not be charging or the monitor panel is not giving accurate readings. It may be time to get out the volt meter and do some detective work.

NoDak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 Aug 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 26	Posted: 01 Aug 2017 at 12:54am
	Just returned from a weekend camping trip with our 2016.5 180. We were on shore power, and everything worked fine, including electrical and 12V systems. However, I periodically checked the "idiot lights" panel, and the battery never showed 4 lights; it varied between 2 and 3. To me, this indicated that the converter was not properly charging the battery. Any thoughts? And what would be the result if one of the 40 amp fuses was blown? I don't yet know that to be the case, but was just wondering.