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Richard and Rhonda · 09-30-2009, 04:23 AM

You might want to check just a few other basic assumptions. Put a voltmeter on the house batteries to see what they are. Now plug in your charger. Did the voltage actually go up? That confirms the charger is working.

After a couple of hours unplug charger and check voltage again. Is it higher than original, if so good. If not you may have a bad battery.

If the voltage did increase, does it stay steady for a couple of hours with the charger off? If not, look again for a bad cell in a battery.

You got great advice from all. I think that I have learned when diagnosing electrical problems, especially for the first time, to assume NOTHING. It's easy to step through the system and confirm what is working and not working, before you throw parts at it.

09-30-2009, 04:23 AM	#6
Richard and Rhonda Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Huntington WV Posts: 1,041	You might want to check just a few other basic assumptions. Put a voltmeter on the house batteries to see what they are. Now plug in your charger. Did the voltage actually go up? That confirms the charger is working. After a couple of hours unplug charger and check voltage again. Is it higher than original, if so good. If not you may have a bad battery. If the voltage did increase, does it stay steady for a couple of hours with the charger off? If not, look again for a bad cell in a battery. You got great advice from all. I think that I have learned when diagnosing electrical problems, especially for the first time, to assume NOTHING. It's easy to step through the system and confirm what is working and not working, before you throw parts at it. __________________ Richard Rhonda Ty and Alex Entrekin 1995 Newell # 390 DD Series 60, Allison World Trans Subaru Outback toad CoMotion Tandem Often wrong, but seldom in doubt Rhonda's chronicle https://wersquared.wordpress.com/