St.Cyr
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- Aug 23, 2009
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Hi all!
Could do with a bit of help with an odd problem with our charge controller.
It's an 'Oscar' 380w/30A.
It has 3 led's, yellow (panel operational), green (above a pic of a nearly empty battery), and a red one (above pic of a nearly full battery)
No buttons or switches, just a fuse on right hand side.
in lower half of the panel are 4 yellow led's marked 10v,11v,12v, 13v.
Connections just to the panel (80w), and to the 2 x 110 a/h batteries. No lights or other devices connected to the other outlet.
We inherited the system with the van and have no instructions ~ all equipment works fine as it always has done, lights,music, tv, taps, shower, etc. Batteries have plenty of juice ~ even forgetting a 12v coolbox and a couple of lights left on doesn't affect them.
When in the vicinity of the van last week we heard a buzzing noise coming from inside and on investigating the source found the red led lit. The buzzing stopped and the red led went out as soon as I switched the radio on (radio wired to leisure batts). A few minutes later the buzzer started again and the red light came on. Plugged a coolbox in and buzzer stopped and led went out. I'd always assumed the red led was to indicate lack of charge but it would now appear to mean the opposite. But surely the idea of the regulator is to stop overcharging so I assume it's faulty in some way.
Nothing's been altered or tampered with ...
Tried Googling instructions for this unit but no luck so far.
I'd be most grateful if anyone can suggest a polite alternative to buying a new regulator!!! :thumb:
PS ~ now covered the panel so it's not charging, while awaiting that 'Eureka' moment ... (no buzzing/no red led...)
Could do with a bit of help with an odd problem with our charge controller.
It's an 'Oscar' 380w/30A.
It has 3 led's, yellow (panel operational), green (above a pic of a nearly empty battery), and a red one (above pic of a nearly full battery)
No buttons or switches, just a fuse on right hand side.
in lower half of the panel are 4 yellow led's marked 10v,11v,12v, 13v.
Connections just to the panel (80w), and to the 2 x 110 a/h batteries. No lights or other devices connected to the other outlet.
We inherited the system with the van and have no instructions ~ all equipment works fine as it always has done, lights,music, tv, taps, shower, etc. Batteries have plenty of juice ~ even forgetting a 12v coolbox and a couple of lights left on doesn't affect them.
When in the vicinity of the van last week we heard a buzzing noise coming from inside and on investigating the source found the red led lit. The buzzing stopped and the red led went out as soon as I switched the radio on (radio wired to leisure batts). A few minutes later the buzzer started again and the red light came on. Plugged a coolbox in and buzzer stopped and led went out. I'd always assumed the red led was to indicate lack of charge but it would now appear to mean the opposite. But surely the idea of the regulator is to stop overcharging so I assume it's faulty in some way.
Nothing's been altered or tampered with ...
Tried Googling instructions for this unit but no luck so far.
I'd be most grateful if anyone can suggest a polite alternative to buying a new regulator!!! :thumb:
PS ~ now covered the panel so it's not charging, while awaiting that 'Eureka' moment ... (no buzzing/no red led...)