Electrical Fire -- WARNING TO KEYSTONE OWNERS
We own a 2013 Keystone Cougar 5th wheel model 331MKS. It is 11 moths old. Yesterday my wife and I left for a 3 day weekend camping by the Pacific Ocean in Washington State (about 2 1/2 hours from our ...
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I posted this comment on the Keystone Forum also. You said the flames were coming from a circuit board above the batteries. Was that the LCI controller? Also, although there are fuses for electric, those are after the batteries and for different circuits to devices. I'm pretty certain the LCI controller (along with carbon monoxide det. & a few other things) don't have fuses. There's been several instances reported over the years of those who've had shorts either at the batteries or somewhere not fused and had wiring overheat, etc. Very rare, but it can happen. Sounds like the power cable from your batteries to the LCI controller somehow shorted directly to ground at the controller. Guess your dealer will let you know.
As an aside, one of the things I just finished doing on our Montana was to add an air conditioner fused disconnect box, using one of the two fuses for the positive from our battery bank. The other will be used when I take the next bigger steps in adding some solar panels & charge controller. These are quite inexpensive (just be sure to use a 60 amp version) and available at any big box hardware store, along with 4 ga. wire and terminals.
As an aside, one of the things I just finished doing on our Montana was to add an air conditioner fused disconnect box, using one of the two fuses for the positive from our battery bank. The other will be used when I take the next bigger steps in adding some solar panels & charge controller. These are quite inexpensive (just be sure to use a 60 amp version) and available at any big box hardware store, along with 4 ga. wire and terminals.
