Jerry Harkins
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I have a 2002 Dutch Star that has developed a pulsating when I am hooked up to shore power. It does it at home and when I go camping but it does not do it with generator running. Does anyone have any ideas where I should start?
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wolfe10
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Does it do it even with the converter/charger/inverter-charger off?
Has this occurred only on one shore power location or several?
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ozman
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I'd say start with the converter.
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wolfe10
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ozman wrote:I'd say start with the converter.
But, were it the converter, it would also do it when the generator is powering it.
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nbounder
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Are we sure the pulsating is on the +12 line - the lights and accessories? or is it on the 120V line when fed by the converter?
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ozman
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wolfe10 wrote:ozman wrote:I'd say start with the converter.
But, were it the converter, it would also do it when the generator is powering it.
I guess that is true.Maybe an auto transfer problem. Before I make anymore suggestion we need to know more about the setup.Something in the shore power line grounding?
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ploiselle
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Hi
You might want to look into the BIRD (Bi-Directional Isolator Relay Delay). The manual mentions flickering lights.
I sent you a PM with a link to more information.
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davidj54
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Check to see if the cooling is running. Mine would do that after a few minutes because a piece of stryofoam fell into the fan blocking it so the converter would limit once it got warm. I can't explain why they don't do it on the genset.
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rjw manvel
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I have a 2002 dutch star that had the same problem ,the cooling fan on the converter was not running,i put a 12 volt fan on the converter and has work fine since.
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SCVJeff
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Whats the cycle? It may be the charger pulsing the battery at about 1sec reps. OR, a friends Monaco had a 60A charger and 50A auto-reset breaker that got soft would cycle on & off somewhere around 5 sec reps. If this is the case, listen around the charger, power panel, fuse block, and you will hear it.
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