150 Combiner (West Marine)

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john wright

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Gary,
Go to this site and at the bottom is the hook up instruction.

http://www.yandina.com/c150Info.htm

J.R. Wright

>
> Hey All;
>
> I installed one of the West Marine 150 Amp Combiners in my 76 PB before I
> left Manteca, Ca. I thought it was working OK before I left, but I really
> didn't have a chance to test it. Well, I'm here in Eureka, Ca and I have a
> near dead Coach battery. So I'm thinking I haven't got it hooked up
> correctly. Is there a ground wire that I need? Is there a sense wire that
> needs to be attached? Here are some pictures that I just took (with one of
> those Poloroid PDC 700 cameras). The coach battery is connected to the right
> post, the alternator and starter battery is attached to the center post. If
> I attach the alternator wire to the coach battery wire, it charges the coach
> battery. The coach battery charges from the Onan and if I connect to shore
> power (via the buzz box). There are no lights showing on the top of the
> combiner when the engine is running. Here are the pictures...
>
> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=120663&a=1343069
>
> Need help quick, as we are suppose to pretty much dry campaong the coast
> until the 3rd. Thanks.
>
> GaryB
> 76 PB in Ca
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
 
Gary,
Looking at the instruction manual it looks like your missing the ground
sense wire.

J.R. Wright

>
> Hey All;
>
> I installed one of the West Marine 150 Amp Combiners in my 76 PB before I
> left Manteca, Ca. I thought it was working OK before I left, but I really
> didn't have a chance to test it. Well, I'm here in Eureka, Ca and I have a
> near dead Coach battery. So I'm thinking I haven't got it hooked up
> correctly. Is there a ground wire that I need? Is there a sense wire that
> needs to be attached? Here are some pictures that I just took (with one of
> those Poloroid PDC 700 cameras). The coach battery is connected to the right
> post, the alternator and starter battery is attached to the center post. If
> I attach the alternator wire to the coach battery wire, it charges the coach
> battery. The coach battery charges from the Onan and if I connect to shore
> power (via the buzz box). There are no lights showing on the top of the
> combiner when the engine is running. Here are the pictures...
>
> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=120663&a=1343069
>
> Need help quick, as we are suppose to pretty much dry campaong the coast
> until the 3rd. Thanks.
>
> GaryB
> 76 PB in Ca
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
 
Think you might only have email on the road... but what you need is a
ground. The circuit inside measures the voltage from ground to the either
battery. No ground--- no work.

so just make sure you are using the correct terminal, Mine is different or
I would take pix for you.
gene

In fact to turn mine off I remove the ground. Sounds like that is working
for you.....to

flash washed out the connections so could not read from your pix.

don't forget to stop at Orik----- free camping on the beach-- just above
Trinidad.

gene

>Gary,
>Go to this site and at the bottom is the hook up instruction.
>
>http://www.yandina.com/c150Info.htm
>
>J.R. Wright
>

>>
>> Hey All;
>>
>> I installed one of the West Marine 150 Amp Combiners in my 76 PB
before I
>> left Manteca, Ca. I thought it was working OK before I left, but I really
>> didn't have a chance to test it. Well, I'm here in Eureka, Ca and I have a
>> near dead Coach battery. So I'm thinking I haven't got it hooked up
>> correctly. Is there a ground wire that I need? Is there a sense wire that
>> needs to be attached? Here are some pictures that I just took (with one of
>> those Poloroid PDC 700 cameras). The coach battery is connected to the
right
>> post, the alternator and starter battery is attached to the center post. If
>> I attach the alternator wire to the coach battery wire, it charges the
coach
>> battery. The coach battery charges from the Onan and if I connect to shore
>> power (via the buzz box). There are no lights showing on the top of the
>> combiner when the engine is running. Here are the pictures...
>>
>> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=120663&a=1343069
>>
>> Need help quick, as we are suppose to pretty much dry campaong the coast
>> until the 3rd. Thanks.
>>
>> GaryB
>> 76 PB in Ca
>>
>> ______________________________________________________
>> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>
Genef -- 77PB/ore/ca
GMC MOTORHOME INFORMATION
mr.erf
http://www.california.com/~eagle/
 
Gary,

You need a ground from the center terminal on top. The other 2 terminals
don't need anything for automatic operation.

Assuming you have both batteries grounded (negative) to frame, any good
ground point will do. It only needs to be a small wire as it's only a sense
wire.

With engine running the LED on top of the Combiner will light showing that
the relay closed.
It takes some time for relay to close and also to open, i.e. built in delay
so don't be alarmed if the LED doesn't light immediately.

Without the ground the relay will not close.

It's a little awkward to see the LED, I use a dentists mirror. They'll have
a remote LED soon :-)

Heinz

- ----- Original Message -----
From: gene
To:
Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: GMC: 150 Combiner (West Marine)

>
> Think you might only have email on the road... but what you need is a
> ground. The circuit inside measures the voltage from ground to the either
> battery. No ground--- no work.
>
> so just make sure you are using the correct terminal, Mine is different
or
> I would take pix for you.
> gene
>
>
> In fact to turn mine off I remove the ground. Sounds like that is working
> for you.....to
>
> flash washed out the connections so could not read from your pix.
>
> don't forget to stop at Orik----- free camping on the beach-- just above
> Trinidad.
>
> gene
>
>

> >Gary,
> >Go to this site and at the bottom is the hook up instruction.
> >
> >http://www.yandina.com/c150Info.htm
> >
> >J.R. Wright
> >

> >>
> >> Hey All;
> >>
> >> I installed one of the West Marine 150 Amp Combiners in my 76 PB
> before I
> >> left Manteca, Ca. I thought it was working OK before I left, but I
really
> >> didn't have a chance to test it. Well, I'm here in Eureka, Ca and I
have a
> >> near dead Coach battery. So I'm thinking I haven't got it hooked up
> >> correctly. Is there a ground wire that I need? Is there a sense wire
that
> >> needs to be attached? Here are some pictures that I just took (with one
of
> >> those Poloroid PDC 700 cameras). The coach battery is connected to the
> right
> >> post, the alternator and starter battery is attached to the center
post. If
> >> I attach the alternator wire to the coach battery wire, it charges the
> coach
> >> battery. The coach battery charges from the Onan and if I connect to
shore
> >> power (via the buzz box). There are no lights showing on the top of the
> >> combiner when the engine is running. Here are the pictures...
> >>
> >> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=120663&a=1343069
> >>
> >> Need help quick, as we are suppose to pretty much dry campaong the
coast
> >> until the 3rd. Thanks.
> >>
> >> GaryB
> >> 76 PB in Ca
> >>
> >> ______________________________________________________
> >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
> Genef -- 77PB/ore/ca
> GMC MOTORHOME INFORMATION
> mr.erf
> http://www.california.com/~eagle/
>
>
 
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