I posted this in another thread, but thought I would bring it to the general discussion as well. I think I know what I'm dealing with, but hoping someone can verify, or confirm otherwise.
I have a (semi at this point) new to me 97 LX450 with the Blue Sea ACR dual battery system installed. This is the first rig I've had with dual batteries, so go easy on my naivety of how it all works, I wasn't given a manual with the purchase.
For those of you familiar with the system, it appears that since I bought the truck, my ACR has been in the left ON position with the button pushed in, combining both batteries this whole time. The PO must have set it this way, and assuming he knew what he was doing, I never messed with it, and left the cabin switch on auto all the time.
Fast forward to now, when I went to start her up for the first time since December (weekend rig and busy schedule has left it parked - a mistake I wont make again) and nothing. Not a click, not a sound. Totally dead. So I grabbed the jumpers, hooked my driver side battery up to the Honda, and let it sit for 20 minutes. Luckily after a handful of failed attempts, it finally had enough juice to turn over, and I took it for a good 45 minute drive to try to recharge the system.
What I noticed, and what confused me at first, was that the cabin switch showed no red LED indicators, and it always had in the past. I was also getting no sound from my aftermarket stereo, which led me to assume that the battery I hadnt jumped was still dead, and all of my aux functions were running from it. So I did a little research and found this thread. I popped the hood and found the button pushed in on the ACR, so I turned it to the right, then back to the left, and did not push the button back in. Reading the manual here, the lack of LEDs would seem to indicate the batteries were isolated, and further reading made me realize that for the past few months of driving it, the LEDs were blinking during most trips, indicating that one or both batteries were below or above the required voltage. I usually just flipped the switch from "auto" to "on" and back, and that usually caused the blinking to stop and LEDs to stay on.
So my guess at this point is that one or both batteries were already on their way out, but most likely the passenger side aux battery, and because the ACR button had been pushed in - combining both batteries, parking it in the dead of winter caused both to drain out completely. Jumping the one battery got the truck started but essentially left the batteries "isolated" because the other remained dead. I haven't yet had either battery tested. Thoughts?
I have a (semi at this point) new to me 97 LX450 with the Blue Sea ACR dual battery system installed. This is the first rig I've had with dual batteries, so go easy on my naivety of how it all works, I wasn't given a manual with the purchase.
For those of you familiar with the system, it appears that since I bought the truck, my ACR has been in the left ON position with the button pushed in, combining both batteries this whole time. The PO must have set it this way, and assuming he knew what he was doing, I never messed with it, and left the cabin switch on auto all the time.
Fast forward to now, when I went to start her up for the first time since December (weekend rig and busy schedule has left it parked - a mistake I wont make again) and nothing. Not a click, not a sound. Totally dead. So I grabbed the jumpers, hooked my driver side battery up to the Honda, and let it sit for 20 minutes. Luckily after a handful of failed attempts, it finally had enough juice to turn over, and I took it for a good 45 minute drive to try to recharge the system.
What I noticed, and what confused me at first, was that the cabin switch showed no red LED indicators, and it always had in the past. I was also getting no sound from my aftermarket stereo, which led me to assume that the battery I hadnt jumped was still dead, and all of my aux functions were running from it. So I did a little research and found this thread. I popped the hood and found the button pushed in on the ACR, so I turned it to the right, then back to the left, and did not push the button back in. Reading the manual here, the lack of LEDs would seem to indicate the batteries were isolated, and further reading made me realize that for the past few months of driving it, the LEDs were blinking during most trips, indicating that one or both batteries were below or above the required voltage. I usually just flipped the switch from "auto" to "on" and back, and that usually caused the blinking to stop and LEDs to stay on.
So my guess at this point is that one or both batteries were already on their way out, but most likely the passenger side aux battery, and because the ACR button had been pushed in - combining both batteries, parking it in the dead of winter caused both to drain out completely. Jumping the one battery got the truck started but essentially left the batteries "isolated" because the other remained dead. I haven't yet had either battery tested. Thoughts?
