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Post by mountainfly on May 21, 2018 7:41:51 GMT -8
![]() I have a Phillips Power Converter/Battery Charger PC-201-A-1 - and last camping trip on the third and thankfully the last night we were there it started clicking fairly loud in the middle of the night. The click was on a regular 10 second cycle and was a click 1,2 click and then about 10 seconds later it would start again. Very hard to sleep but after counting clicks for an hour or so I finally got back to sleep. With that said, I did some research and saw something about a gummed up fan trying to cycle on and that it may need to be cleaned. I removed the converter yesterday and it has no fan and really puzzled at what is making the clicking sound. Hopefully you all can help me with a quick fix so we can get back into the woods ASAP. |
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Post by Ten on May 21, 2018 17:01:34 GMT -8
I don't know if this will help at all, but here's this: vintagetrailertalk.freeforums.net/thread/8855/replacement-phillips-pc401-converterIt may not exactly answer your question but it might help. The 401 iis a 40 amp unit, the 201 a 20 amp unit...other than that, they are the same thing. I don't have a definitive answer to the cyclical clicking noise, but I would venture a guess it has something to do with a circuit resetting itself. |
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Post by vikx on May 21, 2018 20:33:44 GMT -8
I was going to say the same thing. A self resetting circuit breaker. Something is wrong.
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Post by mountainfly on May 22, 2018 7:34:41 GMT -8
Would this have anything to do with the Battery being dead or bad?
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Post by Ten on May 22, 2018 13:22:06 GMT -8
It very well could. When plugged in the charger is constant and without the buffer of a working battery, it could be trying to charge but has an open circuit.
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