Thanks Matt.
I reread the charge controller manual and for sure; this charger needs to
see a minimum voltage at battery (8 Volts?) before it "turns on".
i reconnected the controller in the correct order. No love.
The battery shows 12.x volts though oddly enough, my
"Genius" charger showed an odd type of LED display
when I went to charge it.
Humph. But my fridge runs off the battery so the battery
must be ok at some level. i.e. I don't think I have fried
plates or whatever.

Too many things to deal with on this old bus.
That's ok. I just bought a big cooler
and will be heading to walla walla in my
non solar '88 Westy
(brakes in my '81 are just not cutting it
compared to the '88)
But I digress.

Neil.

On 5/6/15, Matthew Snook <matt@greenbeard.us> wrote:

> On two occasions I have drained my Aux house battery to where the Westy
> battery indicator showed red. When this happens, my solar charge controller
> disengages, and no amount of sunshine will make a bit of difference. If I
> run the engine briefly to let the alternator put a bit of juice in the
> battery, then the controller recognizes the battery again, and the panels
> will soon have it back up in the green.
>
> Matt
>

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