Is Inverter running
Ok so I did some looking through the site and could not quite find what I was looking for.
We bought a new to us 2008 Cougar 292 RKS
Problem is battery was dead, TV would not lower the landing gear had to put a booster pack to get them down. Drove for 2 hours, still not enough battery to lower the legs, some but not much power. Plugged in to 120 and the legs go down not problem, slides move out. Had it plugged in for 6 hours. Battery showed 3/4 charge but soon as I so much as ran some lights the battery dropped by 1/4. Now when I turned on the 12v lights I could hear the inverter kick in while we were plugged in to the 120. Which from my understanding si exactly what should happen. At least in our old one it did, you could hear the inverter all the time you were plugged in as it trickle charged the battery.
So I changed the battery the next day gauge reads 3/4 and plugged back in to 120, tried some lights now and again been in and out of it all day and have not heard the inverter once.
The manual states it is a 3 mode inverter, Absorption, Bulk and Float. I don't know if that means anything at all but thats what it is.
I understand that the clock pulls power, the LP detector pulls power and can see that there is a draw when I connected the new battery due to the spark.
Thats fine but if the inverter is not charging the battery when plugged into power thats an issue.
THE question is, should I be hearing this inverter or is it because it is a newer one I just don't hear it even though it is still trickle charging.
Oh and yes I am installing a battery cut off, it will make life easier.
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