EmergencyNrse wrote:

Hey! Thanks for the comments.

My "new" toy is a 1987 Bayport by Rockwood.

The control panel is dead. Shore power or battery power I have yet to get it to work, light up or give me any indication of life. Now... my generator is disabled due to a fuel pump issue so I have yet to run the generator to power anything in the house/cabin. Maybe that's an issue.

As for battery power. There is 1 chassis battery and 2 house batteries. I have not found any switch or control to alternate between them. No aux. battery control. Anyone think this is necessary?

I believe the electrical systems are separate anyway. The engine's battery and alternator are not a part of the house system. Just 1 button for emergency start if there is failure with the engine battery. The way it's configured there is only recharging of the engine battery while delivering 12v power while the engine is running. House batteries are charged only by the generator.

Also, I found the A/C converter with breakers but no inverter. You may not have one , many don't. I haven't traced the wiring coming off the generator fully but I believe I'll find it along there. Hell, It may not even have one.
The batteries are hooked to the house 12v but no power is delivered to the 120 outlets without shore hookup.There won't be without an inverter. So there is a dead inverter or none at all...The generator puts out D/C power and will charge the D/C batteries. If it's not there I will install one later. I'm just wondering how many watts I'll need to drive things inside the house.Probably need a pretty big inverter. Probably, of more concern than inverter size, is Battery size, you may have to get bigger batteries, or more of them.
I'm wondering if there is any recharging of the D/C batteries while connected to shore power from the converter? I'll be checking that wiring next.

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