On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 19:54:50 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 9/29/2018 6:09 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 17:28:12 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 9/29/2018 3:21 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 14:15:03 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 9/29/2018 1:20 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 16:40:05 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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On 9/28/2018 8:59 PM, justan wrote:
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On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 21:19:50 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

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On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 08:12:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:


9:03 AMJohn H
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Good to see you understood his whine. I'm still not sure what he means
by 'same bluegrass festival
on different sites'. Maybe because the music is similar at each festival?

It gets to where the music takes second place to seeing and having fun
with good friends.

.......

At least you?re getting fresh air, exercise, and sunshine.
Btw, I rode my Guzzi 400 mi this week...so far. Might get another 200
mi in before Monday.

I think I'll take mine for a ride tomorrow. I finished installing the new
converter, and now I'm
tired. Climbing in and out of that thing is a bitch.


Dc to AC is an Inverter.

Agreed. My converter converts 120vac to 12vdc.


The one I replaced in my Palomino camper did that also was called an
inverter.

https://www.diffen.com/difference/Converter_vs_Inverter

Maybe they were just calling it the wrong name.

Weigh it ;-)
If it does not have a big transformer in it is an inverter.
Inverters turn whatever you feed them into a high frequency square
wave (20kz or more) them get the voltage they want with a tiny little
transformer.
That can be up or down.


Switching power supply.

Problem is, some converters are now based on switching power supplies.
Most of the small, inexpensive, 3 stage battery chargers/maintainers use
them.




I'm having trouble distinguishing between converter and battery
charger.



For RV purposes, I think of it this way:

If you are at a campsite or whatever and connected to shore power
the converter is charging your house battery but is also supplying
12vdc to all your lights and other 12vdc devices. I suppose you
could say they are really all running off the house battery and
the converter is simultaneously charging it. But, you could remove
the house battery and the lights will still work.

Does the truck charge the house battery when it is running? If not,
why not?


Depends if you hook up to the truck charge line. If you do, you need a
charge relay, so you do not run down the truck battery when parked. Also
need a disconnect for the charge relay if in the truck. Draws about 15 ma
in off position. After a couple weeks truck battery is dead. Been
there.

Why wouldn't the relay be connected to the ignition circuit so it was
only picked when the motor was running?


That's how it works on my truck. Lights, etc. will all work with engine
off but the pin supplying power to charge RV battery is only hot when
engine is running.


Mine may be the same way, but I've never checked it. I wouldn't leave the truck connected for long
without the engine running.



Hi John, I discovered something about how the GMC Canyon works that I
discussed in another post. Bottom line is the 12vdc used to charge the
RV battery is only there with the truck running *and* either the truck
is in "Tow/Haul" mode or the headlights are on (or both).


I'll have to check. I'm in Tow/Haul mode whenever I pull the trailer, and the headlights turn on
automatically. But I don't know if those are required for the charging circuit to work. It'll give
me something to do once I get the new trim on the strip around the nose cone. Removing caulk is a
bitch. Spent over six hours today working on one side.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...g1/image1.jpeg



In my Canyon owner's manual it doesn't really say much about it other
than one short paragraph that indicates a non-vehicle battery (like a
house battery in an RV) will charge under either of the two conditions I
described. That's all it says.

Another surprise I found after reading some the manual today. My truck
doesn't have a removable gas cap. To refuel you open the little gas
door and there's an inlet with a permanently mounted flapper valve. You
insert the gas nozzle against the flapper valve causing it to open which
allows the nozzle to go into the fill tube in the truck.

A while back I had tried adding some older gas from a small, portable (2
gal) gas can just to use it up and found it impossible to fill
from the gas can without spilling gas all over the place. I gave up
and assumed you just can't do it.

Today, in the manual, I came across a section that describes a "cap
funnel". It warns to "always use the cap funnel (located in the
vehicle) when adding fuel from a portable gas container, otherwise
spillage will occur."

I never knew this "cap funnel" even existed and have no idea where it is
in the truck. Tomorrow I'll see if I can find it.



Stop, please. You'll have me digging my manual(s) out. I've got two since it's a diesel.