Arch,
As you view the LED's they will glow dimly both on the charger and the
remote panel. The rate will brightly glow indicating the rate present
and the voltage will glow brightly indicating the voltage. The orange
charge light will come on when you first plug the unit or turn it on and
it will cycle the amps until it learns what what charge the batteries
have. You need to understand that the unit will start a new charge
cycle every time that you plug the unit in. I leave mine on shore
power all the time. If longer that 21 days it will start a new charge
cycle automatically. When the Charged light comes on the unit will
provide the first 40 amps for the DC electrical system before drawing
current from the batteries. As you turn DC items on in you coach you
can watch the load come up on the charger. I have the Statpower 40.
J.R. Wright
GMC GreatLaker
77 Eleganza II
Michigan
>
> GMCers
>
> Well, I did it today. Installed Darrens battery slide, 2 golf cart batteries,
> circuit breaker on charging line, new circuit breaker on house battery
> line. Then fired the Statpower-----it was on for 4 hours today. This
> one seems a little different from the other one. It charged at 40 amps
> for a short time and soon dropped back to 20.
>
> First gun-shy Question: when charging do all of the LEDs glow a
> little with the actual rate a little brighter on the charger itself?
>
> On the remote panel do some of the LEDs not showing the
> charge rate flicker dimly?
>
> When it was charging at 20 amps it would shut down for a short
> time then come back on------is this normal? By shut down I mean
> the fan would quit and there would be no LED lit showing charge
> rate.
>
> I had only used the other one to charge the start battery once. It
> toped it off in one hour and I did not pay much attention to what it
> did. Now I have all the batteries up and running. TIA
>
> Take Care
> Arch
As you view the LED's they will glow dimly both on the charger and the
remote panel. The rate will brightly glow indicating the rate present
and the voltage will glow brightly indicating the voltage. The orange
charge light will come on when you first plug the unit or turn it on and
it will cycle the amps until it learns what what charge the batteries
have. You need to understand that the unit will start a new charge
cycle every time that you plug the unit in. I leave mine on shore
power all the time. If longer that 21 days it will start a new charge
cycle automatically. When the Charged light comes on the unit will
provide the first 40 amps for the DC electrical system before drawing
current from the batteries. As you turn DC items on in you coach you
can watch the load come up on the charger. I have the Statpower 40.
J.R. Wright
GMC GreatLaker
77 Eleganza II
Michigan
>
> GMCers
>
> Well, I did it today. Installed Darrens battery slide, 2 golf cart batteries,
> circuit breaker on charging line, new circuit breaker on house battery
> line. Then fired the Statpower-----it was on for 4 hours today. This
> one seems a little different from the other one. It charged at 40 amps
> for a short time and soon dropped back to 20.
>
> First gun-shy Question: when charging do all of the LEDs glow a
> little with the actual rate a little brighter on the charger itself?
>
> On the remote panel do some of the LEDs not showing the
> charge rate flicker dimly?
>
> When it was charging at 20 amps it would shut down for a short
> time then come back on------is this normal? By shut down I mean
> the fan would quit and there would be no LED lit showing charge
> rate.
>
> I had only used the other one to charge the start battery once. It
> toped it off in one hour and I did not pay much attention to what it
> did. Now I have all the batteries up and running. TIA
>
> Take Care
> Arch
