Electrical gremlin

[randydupree2000]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, David Brady
wrote:
>find the wire that senses battery voltage,at the board. check the
voltage at the board,just to rule out voltage drop in the wires.at
least,thats where i would start.
randy dupree
> Folks,
>
> I have a slight problem with my generator auto
> start feature. The auto start is controlled by a
> board called the Gencon, built by Westhaver
> Assoc. The gencon monitors the house batteries
> and the shore power and starts the generator
> when the house batteries dip below 11.4V or
> when the shorepower drops below 104V AC.
>
> I have good shore power and my house batteries
> are charged, the dash "DC Volts Coach" gauge
> reads 14V and the trace inverters indicate 100%
> charge, nonetheless the gencon wants to start the
> generator.
>
> Here's the kicker, my dash "DC Volts Engine"
> gauge reads around 12.5V, if I switch the dash
> "Aux Battery" switch to "on " (thereby connecting
> the house and the engine batteries), the gencon
> no longer wants to start the generator.
>
> I would think that the discharged engine batteries
> would put even more of a load on the house batteries
> prompting the gencon to start the generator, but the
> reverse happens, with the "Aux Battery" switch disabled the
> gencon wants to start the generator while enabling
> the "Aux Battery" switch prevents the gencon from
> starting the generator. It's almost as if my gencon is
> monitoring the engine batteries and not the house
> batteries...
>
> Thanks for your help,
> David Brady
> '02 LXi, Smokey
> Va
>