Jaws
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So went out to change the bedding today
As I opened the door I noticed a very low humming noise.
Soon realised that SOMEONE* had left the hab electric on and the water power on.
Night before last we had a snap frost, so the auto water dump valve had opened
Of course that meant the bloody water pump fired up and dumped about 20 gallons of water out through the valve.. No real problem but of course, once all the water was gone the pump still kept running oh:
Fortunately, and much to my surprise, a quick refill and the pump was still working fine even though it had been running free for at least 36 hours
In turn of course, it had almost flattened the hab batteries .. a pair of 130aH jobbies
Fortunately ( again fortunately ) they had not gone below critical.. went down to 12.2 v so not THAT bad
Plugged in the EHU and thought that was that.. About an hour goes by and I decide just to check all is ok.
Checked the battery voltage and it was STILL at 12.2v :Blush:
A further check and I found that the actual charger was not doing anything !!
Sooo
Strip the drivers side seat out, pull out the charger ( not easy !! ) and started checking wires.
Nothing obvious but then........... then...................... The oh: moment
When I fitted the pair of 130aH batteries I had had to modify where they sat as they were so much bigger than the pair off 110's they replaced
I had, during the process, hit the small on off switch on the end of the darned charger !!
Basically I have been running everything ever since Lincoln on battery and solar panels..
I did wonder why, after a four days away two weeks ago, the batteries were not full when we got home ( site was only 14 miles away ), even though we had been on hook up for the 4 days.
An interesting morning, all brought about by my own cock ups !
As I opened the door I noticed a very low humming noise.
Soon realised that SOMEONE* had left the hab electric on and the water power on.
Night before last we had a snap frost, so the auto water dump valve had opened
Of course that meant the bloody water pump fired up and dumped about 20 gallons of water out through the valve.. No real problem but of course, once all the water was gone the pump still kept running oh:
Fortunately, and much to my surprise, a quick refill and the pump was still working fine even though it had been running free for at least 36 hours
In turn of course, it had almost flattened the hab batteries .. a pair of 130aH jobbies
Fortunately ( again fortunately ) they had not gone below critical.. went down to 12.2 v so not THAT bad
Plugged in the EHU and thought that was that.. About an hour goes by and I decide just to check all is ok.
Checked the battery voltage and it was STILL at 12.2v :Blush:
A further check and I found that the actual charger was not doing anything !!
Sooo
Strip the drivers side seat out, pull out the charger ( not easy !! ) and started checking wires.
Nothing obvious but then........... then...................... The oh: moment
When I fitted the pair of 130aH batteries I had had to modify where they sat as they were so much bigger than the pair off 110's they replaced
I had, during the process, hit the small on off switch on the end of the darned charger !!
Basically I have been running everything ever since Lincoln on battery and solar panels..
I did wonder why, after a four days away two weeks ago, the batteries were not full when we got home ( site was only 14 miles away ), even though we had been on hook up for the 4 days.
An interesting morning, all brought about by my own cock ups !