02-14-2024, 19:48
I recently bought a 2002 Prevost Featherlite H3-45 DS, my first coach. When I took possession I had both the chassis batteries and house batteries replaced, not cheap! I drove it to Arizona to NIRVC for indoor storage. It's valet, so essentially you give them the keys and the park it and plug it in (bay door open for shore power, light on). So far so good, right?
After plugging it in they set the my inverters to "off", did not leave it "on", or did not choose the "charge" option. This discharged the new house batteries, and the chassis batteries (light left on).
My understanding is that when the inverter is set to "off", it does not charge, it simply allows anything left on to drain the batteries until they reach zero.
Question 1: with no chassis, house, or batteries to start the generator, how do I get it started? Do I need a 24 volt jump using the battery bay terminals?
Question 2: Does complete drain effect the life of the brand new Lifeline batteries?
Any help would be appreciated!
Blaine Sellie
After plugging it in they set the my inverters to "off", did not leave it "on", or did not choose the "charge" option. This discharged the new house batteries, and the chassis batteries (light left on).
My understanding is that when the inverter is set to "off", it does not charge, it simply allows anything left on to drain the batteries until they reach zero.
Question 1: with no chassis, house, or batteries to start the generator, how do I get it started? Do I need a 24 volt jump using the battery bay terminals?
Question 2: Does complete drain effect the life of the brand new Lifeline batteries?
Any help would be appreciated!
Blaine Sellie