Re: [VACList] Confirming operation of the Univolt

["Jim Dunmyer" <jdunmyer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jamie,
 A fully-charged 12 volt battery should be about 12.6VDC after resting for
12 hours. Connecting it to your trailer and powering up the UniVolt should
push it up to about 13.8VDC after a while. You should definitely see a
voltage rise, and it should stay up there when you apply loads in the
trailer. (lights, fans, furnace) If the voltage drops below 12.6, the
UniVolt isn't working.

You might find that the output voltage seems to be OK when there's no load,
but won't hold up when a load is applied. The UniVolt is bad, in that case.

If the UniVolt is functioning as it was designed, it'll charge a "low"
battery, but will take 2 or 3 days to bring it to full charge, as the
charging rate is pretty low. Perversely, even though it won't really charge
the battery 100%, the voltage is high enough to "cook" the water out of it
over time if the trailer is left plugged in.

The answer, of course, is an Inteli-Power converter/charger with Charge
Wizard.

                                                                  <<Jim>>