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dennyida's avatar
dennyida
Explorer
May 29, 2014

disconnect switch

Hi to all from Denny and Ida. Just a question about our disconnect switch. We have a 2004 Granite Ridge 2700 ds MH. The other day I went out to play with it and tried to start the generator just to run it for a while. I was not plugged into our home power so I was using the coach battery. I had no power to start the generator. The first thing I looked at was the disconnect switch by the door entry. I found the switch to be a rocker type switch and it seems to be a spring loaded switch that keeps it in the off position. I pressed the on side of the rocker switch a few times and I could hear the solenoid working in the battery area. After I did this I had power to the generator and all 12 volt lights. But as I stated before the rocker switch was spring loaded and it was in the off position again. I was wondering if any one has had a situation like this. thank you, Denny and Ida
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  • Bobbo's avatar
    Bobbo
    Explorer II
    May 29, 2014
    Maybe the battery was just disconnected and when you pressed the switch you connected it again. If that is the case, it was working as designed.

    BTW, the switch is supposed to be spring loaded and kept in the NEUTRAL position, neither ON nor OFF. You have to press the switch to either ON or to OFF to cycle the relay, then the spring returns the switch to NEUTRAL.

    Now, this is dependent on us talking about the battery disconnect switch. If we are actually talking about the switch to link the two batteries together to boost a weak battery, it IS supposed to be spring loaded to the OFF position.
  • CA_Traveler's avatar
    CA_Traveler
    Explorer III
    May 29, 2014
    Check the solenoid. From the switch description it's a latching solenoid - ie it remains mechanically latched or not and uses no power except to switch states.
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    May 29, 2014
    Look on the side of the disconnect relay. There could be a small circuit board that "steps" when the switch is pushed. It could be bad.
    The switch above the door could be a problem also. Is there two switches? one for chassis and one for coach battery. Do they operate the same?
  • harley-dave's avatar
    harley-dave
    Explorer
    May 29, 2014
    Good morning, our cutoff switch is also spring loaded. One push to engage the solenoid and connect the batteries, next push disconnects them again. If it keeps shutting off maybe the solenoid is failing, or you don't have enough battery power to keep the solenoid engaged.

    Dave

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