I charged at an RV park for the first time yesterday. I charged for about 10
minutes just to test it out. I charged there again today, planning to fully
charge to extend my range. I plugged into a NEMA14-50, turned on the
Manzanita PFC30 switch, and adjusted the charge current up to 28ADC (~120V
pack, so about 14A from the 50A AC outlet). The TBS gauge read 41.1Ah used,
everything looked good, so I went for a walk and got a cup of coffee,
expecting it to require about 1 1/2 hour to charge. When I returned about 1
hour later the charger was off and the TBS read 41.0Ah used, so it must have
kicked off almost immediately after I walked away. I turned the charger
current knob down to zero, and flipped the charger switch back on. There
was a loud clack and it immediately flipped back off. I have been using
this charger on a 240V outlet at home for almost 1 year, and had charged
about an hour earlier at home before leaving. When I returned home I tried
it again with the same result, and it kicked off the 50A GFCI breaker on the
wall. I pulled an interconnect wire on a cell level board and the minibms
alarmed, so it is still working fine. The EKM meter on the AC input to the
charger is still working fine also. Any ideas what happened?
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minutes just to test it out. I charged there again today, planning to fully
charge to extend my range. I plugged into a NEMA14-50, turned on the
Manzanita PFC30 switch, and adjusted the charge current up to 28ADC (~120V
pack, so about 14A from the 50A AC outlet). The TBS gauge read 41.1Ah used,
everything looked good, so I went for a walk and got a cup of coffee,
expecting it to require about 1 1/2 hour to charge. When I returned about 1
hour later the charger was off and the TBS read 41.0Ah used, so it must have
kicked off almost immediately after I walked away. I turned the charger
current knob down to zero, and flipped the charger switch back on. There
was a loud clack and it immediately flipped back off. I have been using
this charger on a 240V outlet at home for almost 1 year, and had charged
about an hour earlier at home before leaving. When I returned home I tried
it again with the same result, and it kicked off the 50A GFCI breaker on the
wall. I pulled an interconnect wire on a cell level board and the minibms
alarmed, so it is still working fine. The EKM meter on the AC input to the
charger is still working fine also. Any ideas what happened?
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