I noticed this morning, after going out for a cruise yesterday afternoon, that our Link 1000 battery monitor is behaving oddly. It is monitoring our 12 volt house bank and controlling a Freedom 20 inverter/charger. I also have an external voltage monitor in the system where I can independently monitor battery voltage.
The odd behavior is thus:
I noticed that the Charger Status light was indicating "Accept" when I expected "Float". Battery voltage on the external monitor was 14.something volts, indicating that the battery back was in fact being charged. I kept an eye on things for awhile and watched the system cycle to "Float" and the battery voltage indication drop to 13.5 or so. After several minutes of "Float", which is the normal condition, the "AC In" and charger status lights turned themselves off. The "Battery Status", "Charge", and "Invert" lights remained on, and the external voltage indication remained at 13-something. After about 30 seconds the "AC In" light come back on along with the "Chg" light. The "Chg" light cycled to the "Accept" indicator light after a few seconds. This cycle then repeated itself in about 5 minutes.
The Link 1000 appears to be loosing the signal that tells it shore power is applied, and then cycles itself through the normal stages of charge. It finds that the battery is fully charged and applies a float charge as normal until the cycle is repeated after it once again looses that AC In signal.
Has anybody experienced a similar issue with the Link 1000?
The odd behavior is thus:
I noticed that the Charger Status light was indicating "Accept" when I expected "Float". Battery voltage on the external monitor was 14.something volts, indicating that the battery back was in fact being charged. I kept an eye on things for awhile and watched the system cycle to "Float" and the battery voltage indication drop to 13.5 or so. After several minutes of "Float", which is the normal condition, the "AC In" and charger status lights turned themselves off. The "Battery Status", "Charge", and "Invert" lights remained on, and the external voltage indication remained at 13-something. After about 30 seconds the "AC In" light come back on along with the "Chg" light. The "Chg" light cycled to the "Accept" indicator light after a few seconds. This cycle then repeated itself in about 5 minutes.
The Link 1000 appears to be loosing the signal that tells it shore power is applied, and then cycles itself through the normal stages of charge. It finds that the battery is fully charged and applies a float charge as normal until the cycle is repeated after it once again looses that AC In signal.
Has anybody experienced a similar issue with the Link 1000?