Tripac Evo No alternator light or warning triangle lights to the three knob controller.
APU giving out strange voltage readings. The inverter is reading from 13.3 down to seemingly no volts being output. My first thought was the alternater but is it normal to not be throwing codes and to have the voltage variation?
Tripac evo problems charging, varied or no voltage
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by RunningAces, Aug 26, 2024.
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If it uses the same alternator as the older models it could be the voltage sense wire. On the back side of the alternator is a two wire plug. With a voltmeter hooked to the B+ wiggle the plug and see if the voltage fluctuates.
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It was fairly common for the pins to spread on the older models.
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Unfortunately swapping that plug out didn't work. If I put the positive side of multimeter on the output and the negative on the frame or another ground would that tell me if the alternater is putting out the the 14+ it's supposed to? I know nothing about electrical.
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Put in a new alternator in and plugged it all in correctly. Still can't get it to show a charge any different than the batteries are. The charge isn't changing at all now though. It's all running but not showing any charge at all instead of varying like it was before.
Last edited: Sep 7, 2024
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Are you checking voltage and the alternator or batteries?
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Is this roughly what the back of your alternator looks like?
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What kind of shape is the belt in?
It needs to be run tighter than you think it should.
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