2008 Southwind 36D battery issue
Hi all, I realize that battery issues have been covered in just about every way, but this issue is an odd one. Or is it? I think I know what is wrong, but need a second opinion. Read on.... This...
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Problem solved....Batteries are now receiving converter, and alternator voltage the way they should.
The whole ground array was a mess,corroded,yuk.
However, it is hard to believe that Fleetwood did the grounding the way they did. There are two bolts in the frame where the coach battery grounds attach. One has 7 small wires on a 1/4" bolt running through the frame which is nutted at the base, then 3 more nuts that hold the small wires separated by star washers. that isn't bad, but the main battery ground has the same bolt arrangement except that it goes through a 3/4" hole (1/4" bolt)and has flat washers on each side of the frame that are intended to be like a reducing washer, so the corrosion was building up around the rim of the washers.
Solution was to drill a new 5/16" hole, grind/brush the undercoating off of the frame, then hook the main ground with a star washer on each side to the frame.
Far better connection now, and a coat of paint finished it all off. If you all run into this, my solution isn't that hard to do, and seems a better way.
thanks for the comments all!
RR
The whole ground array was a mess,corroded,yuk.
However, it is hard to believe that Fleetwood did the grounding the way they did. There are two bolts in the frame where the coach battery grounds attach. One has 7 small wires on a 1/4" bolt running through the frame which is nutted at the base, then 3 more nuts that hold the small wires separated by star washers. that isn't bad, but the main battery ground has the same bolt arrangement except that it goes through a 3/4" hole (1/4" bolt)and has flat washers on each side of the frame that are intended to be like a reducing washer, so the corrosion was building up around the rim of the washers.
Solution was to drill a new 5/16" hole, grind/brush the undercoating off of the frame, then hook the main ground with a star washer on each side to the frame.
Far better connection now, and a coat of paint finished it all off. If you all run into this, my solution isn't that hard to do, and seems a better way.
thanks for the comments all!
RR
