04-14-2019, 10:13 AM
adrian,
i bet your coach has an echo charger. look in the panel underneath the hydraulic tank in the rear engine hatch. where the merge solenoid is.
the echo charger, the amp l charge, and other trickle chargers are set up so that the starting batteries will stay charged by robbing small amounts of current from the house batteries. it will turn on and off based on the charges of the two sets of batteries. works best when the coach is plugged in. if it works properly and your starting batteries are good, there is no need to merge them.
my echocharger does not seem to be working lately as the voltage differential between the two banks is over a volt.
it is a small black box about 4x3 inches with 3 wires coming out of it. one goes to the starting batteries, one to the house batteries and a ground.
i run agms for house and flooded for the starting so i dont like to merge them more than i have to since they have different charging profiles.
tom
i bet your coach has an echo charger. look in the panel underneath the hydraulic tank in the rear engine hatch. where the merge solenoid is.
the echo charger, the amp l charge, and other trickle chargers are set up so that the starting batteries will stay charged by robbing small amounts of current from the house batteries. it will turn on and off based on the charges of the two sets of batteries. works best when the coach is plugged in. if it works properly and your starting batteries are good, there is no need to merge them.
my echocharger does not seem to be working lately as the voltage differential between the two banks is over a volt.
it is a small black box about 4x3 inches with 3 wires coming out of it. one goes to the starting batteries, one to the house batteries and a ground.
i run agms for house and flooded for the starting so i dont like to merge them more than i have to since they have different charging profiles.
tom
2002 45'8" Newell Coach 608 Series 60 DDEC4/Allison World 6 Speed HD4000MH