12-27-2019, 04:28 PM
a follow up to my amp l start installation....
the way the original echo charger was wired was both the starting and house batteries wires to the echo charger came off the battery isolator in the same compartment as the charger. from the isolator to the echo charger the wires went to a fuse block with 15a blade fuses in it.
one of those was corroded that had caused a problem for me so i bypassed it. the other i left in place. the 15a fuse to the house battery would blow once in a while. so i replaced it with a 20a fuse and it still blows only occassionally. when it blows the starting batteries start to go low. thats how i know....ha
for now i put a 30a fuse in it. the install directions for the amp l start do not show any fuses. i contacted them and they said it does not need a fuse and if i wanted to put one in put an auto reset fuse in it.
that it did not surprise him that occassionally it would blow.
my two cents worth of experience.
btw, on my 99, the echocharger is in the bay with the inverter on the opposite wall right next to the dc fuse panel cover.
tom
the way the original echo charger was wired was both the starting and house batteries wires to the echo charger came off the battery isolator in the same compartment as the charger. from the isolator to the echo charger the wires went to a fuse block with 15a blade fuses in it.
one of those was corroded that had caused a problem for me so i bypassed it. the other i left in place. the 15a fuse to the house battery would blow once in a while. so i replaced it with a 20a fuse and it still blows only occassionally. when it blows the starting batteries start to go low. thats how i know....ha
for now i put a 30a fuse in it. the install directions for the amp l start do not show any fuses. i contacted them and they said it does not need a fuse and if i wanted to put one in put an auto reset fuse in it.
that it did not surprise him that occassionally it would blow.
my two cents worth of experience.
btw, on my 99, the echocharger is in the bay with the inverter on the opposite wall right next to the dc fuse panel cover.
tom
2014 Haulmark 40' Super C on Freightliner Cascadia ISX15 Easton 13 speed
Former Owner 1990 38' Newell Coach 236 8V92
Former Owner 1999 45'8" Newell Coach 526 Series 60
Former Owner 2002 45'8" Newell Coach 608 Series 60