I can now testify that the Trik-l-Start battery charger has charged my chassis batteries. I installed this small charger in our 2004 Journey 36G and was not having success. Once the house batteries went to "float" I assumed that the Trik-L-Start charger would never leave the yellow "charging" light and reach the green "maintaining" light. That assumption was wrong. I was only giving it about two to three days to charge the two 12 volt chassis batteries. What I failed to initially grasp was that this is a very small battery charger connected to two very LARGE batteries. The Trik-L-Start person suggested that I give it a week. So last Monday I plugged in and by Tuesday the house batteries were already in "float" mode. By Thursday the chassis batteries were still charging and showing 12.4 volts. Today, Monday, one week later Trik-L-Start had reached maintaining stage. The panel showed the voltage as 12.5 but my digital volt meter read the voltage at the battery as 12.73 volts. So all's better in the battery charging department!
Is anyone else seeing a voltage difference between the panel voltage display and that measured at the batteries?
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SteveG
'10 Phaeton 36 QSH-
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