gurneejoe
Free Member
Hello,
We have a 2002 Coachmen Leprechaun and I am not sure if the rear battery is supposed to be charging when the engine is running. There is an emergency push button on the dash which I have had to use when the rear battery is too low to start the generator. The rear battery failed last summer and the 12 volt fixtures in the coach drained it dead while we were driving. If i held the emergency switch in while driving it would charge it up. I could install a toggle switch on it to charge while running but I am wonderiing what would happen if the aux generator were started while the two were coupled. I am also not that confident that I would remember that the switch was on and drain the front battery while sitting parked. The real question is should this be happening automatically and something is wrong or do I have to rig something to overcome the deficiency in the design?
Joe
We have a 2002 Coachmen Leprechaun and I am not sure if the rear battery is supposed to be charging when the engine is running. There is an emergency push button on the dash which I have had to use when the rear battery is too low to start the generator. The rear battery failed last summer and the 12 volt fixtures in the coach drained it dead while we were driving. If i held the emergency switch in while driving it would charge it up. I could install a toggle switch on it to charge while running but I am wonderiing what would happen if the aux generator were started while the two were coupled. I am also not that confident that I would remember that the switch was on and drain the front battery while sitting parked. The real question is should this be happening automatically and something is wrong or do I have to rig something to overcome the deficiency in the design?
Joe