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lloydwells
Aug 03, 2017Explorer
After going through several troubleshooting attempts posted here, I decided to go simple... I Tested 12v power inputs at BCC... got 12.5 or so from chassis battery side, and only 1.9 from house batteries. Not good!
So I went back to house battery compartment and found that there are two 200A fuses inside the compartment. When tested, one had 12+ volts on both sides of the fuse, the other had 12+ on the battery side, but only 1.9 on the "out" side. Not good! I removed the fuse and tested resistance... meter did not move... bad fuse. (A good fuse should show a resistance of around zero ohms)
So after new fuse was installed, voltage tested at 12+ on both sides of new fuse. Voltage at 12+ at the BCC on both the chassis and house battery inputs. All power is back on in coach. I ran on the generator for about 15 minutes without losing power, and now I'm on 30A shore power with no problems so far. )) (All without even having to start the engine!)
So, thanks to everyone's input we were able to track this down, and it ended up being a fairly simple solution and a cheap part (not including my labor fees of course! LOL)
There are some photos here of the old and new fuses, the location on the fuse(s) in the battery compartment, and the block with the new fuse installed. In hopes that if someone else has this problem, this info will help them out. I need all the good karma I can get!
Thanks again to everyone who posted. ALL of your information was helpful, and contributed to helping me fix this problem.
Safe travels!!!
Lloyd
So I went back to house battery compartment and found that there are two 200A fuses inside the compartment. When tested, one had 12+ volts on both sides of the fuse, the other had 12+ on the battery side, but only 1.9 on the "out" side. Not good! I removed the fuse and tested resistance... meter did not move... bad fuse. (A good fuse should show a resistance of around zero ohms)
So after new fuse was installed, voltage tested at 12+ on both sides of new fuse. Voltage at 12+ at the BCC on both the chassis and house battery inputs. All power is back on in coach. I ran on the generator for about 15 minutes without losing power, and now I'm on 30A shore power with no problems so far. )) (All without even having to start the engine!)
So, thanks to everyone's input we were able to track this down, and it ended up being a fairly simple solution and a cheap part (not including my labor fees of course! LOL)
There are some photos here of the old and new fuses, the location on the fuse(s) in the battery compartment, and the block with the new fuse installed. In hopes that if someone else has this problem, this info will help them out. I need all the good karma I can get!
Thanks again to everyone who posted. ALL of your information was helpful, and contributed to helping me fix this problem.
Safe travels!!!
Lloyd
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