Camper Aux Battery Not Charging

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Re: nice little trip

Post by Amskeptic » Sun Nov 25, 2018 2:02 pm

zabo wrote:
Sat Nov 24, 2018 8:20 am
I also need to figure out why my aux battery is not charging. im using the busdepot relay kit but it seems pretty flimsy.

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I think your horn button scared it . . .

That flimsy relay only closes when the alternator is putting out.

INSPECTION

a) analyze and label as necessary the terminals on the bottom of the relay. You need:

#30 goes to starting battery (+) . . . the only terminal on the relay that is not parallel with its edge
#87 goes to leisure battery (+) . . . directly across from 30 terminal
#86 goes to blue wire terminal that feeds your idiot light
#85 MUST be well-grounded

TEST
a) have kid start engine in neutral after you have attached the alligator clip of your simple test light to a good ground, and touched probe end to #86

b) kid easily revs engine just a bit (no more than 3,000 rpm). Test light should go on.

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Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Camper Aux Battery Not Charging

Post by Amskeptic » Sun Nov 25, 2018 2:05 pm

... from Camping Forum "Nice Little Trip" by zabo
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Re: Camper Aux Battery Not Charging

Post by zabo » Mon Dec 03, 2018 3:08 pm

Well between all the rain and brutal cold i havent had a chance to look yet. Im sure its a ground issue...
I tried to get to it Sunday as we had crazy 70º temps but... this got in the way
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Had to help my son remove the M46 from his '85 volvo. :cyclopsani:


then this
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60 beetle
78 bus

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Re: Camper Aux Battery Not Charging

Post by Amskeptic » Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:05 pm

zabo wrote:
Mon Dec 03, 2018 3:08 pm
Well between all the rain and brutal cold i havent had a chance to look yet. Im sure its a ground issue...
I tried to get to it Sunday as we had crazy 70º temps but...
Had to help my son remove the M46 from his '85 volvo.
then this
Screenshot_20181203-072000_Instagram.jpg
Let me get this straight. Your son, who was like ten or something the last time I saw him, has a Volvo (?!?) with a blown transmission already, and a DOG stole your bug??
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Re: Camper Aux Battery Not Charging

Post by zabo » Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:31 pm

ha yea hes 16 now
He bought an 85 volvo wagon about 7 months ago. Super nice car.
Just replacing the clutch and throwout bearing.

Hes also in the process of re-rebuilding my 36hp engine for a school project. ;).
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Re: Camper Aux Battery Not Charging

Post by Amskeptic » Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:57 am

zabo wrote:
Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:31 pm
Hes also in the process of re-rebuilding my 36hp engine for a school project. ;).
Then he needs to talk to me for the elegant and casual hands-on-with-pithy-metaphorical-parallels to Typical Daily Life so as to awaken his classmates.

For example, connecting rods riding up onto the oil film is exactly the same physics as water skiing. Duuude.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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