Electrical issue
I posted an earlier problem that I was having with my motorhome under "Inverster problems". I don't believe that it is the inverter and I hope to get a couple of new answers with a fresh post. The synopsis of my problem was that I had no power to my coach when just running off of batteries. I have done some trouble shooting over the past few days and may have singled it out. Thanks to everyone that helped me on the other post, it helped out greatly in isolating the problem.
Okay, I got the motorhome at the house and found the box that houses the relay/isolators. With the coach and chassis switches both on both solenoids are getting power. I have been able to track down the coach solenoid by turning off the cut off switches one at a time. I noticed that both solenoids or relays have a 5 amp fuse on each side. I checked both of them and they are fine. I noticed that above the relays for the coach there is a thin box or small panel that has 6 bolts coming out of it with 3 on top and 3 on the bottom. 5 of the 6 bolts are hot. There is one on the bottom right side that has two large gauge red wires coming from it that appear to disappear under the motorhome into no mans land. This bolt shows cold when tested and has no power to it.
I used a wire and quickly jumped this bolt with one of the hot wires and it now works several appliances and lights in the motorhome. Does this mean that the block or I guess they are called buse panels or wiring panels has one bad bolt out of the 6. If so, can I just jump that bolt or move the wires to an empty bolt (2 are empty)? I just don't want to jump or move that wire and later have a major mess on my hands with melted wiring elsewhere in the motorhome. Has anyone heard of these small wiring panels going bad at just one bolt?
Okay, I got the motorhome at the house and found the box that houses the relay/isolators. With the coach and chassis switches both on both solenoids are getting power. I have been able to track down the coach solenoid by turning off the cut off switches one at a time. I noticed that both solenoids or relays have a 5 amp fuse on each side. I checked both of them and they are fine. I noticed that above the relays for the coach there is a thin box or small panel that has 6 bolts coming out of it with 3 on top and 3 on the bottom. 5 of the 6 bolts are hot. There is one on the bottom right side that has two large gauge red wires coming from it that appear to disappear under the motorhome into no mans land. This bolt shows cold when tested and has no power to it.
I used a wire and quickly jumped this bolt with one of the hot wires and it now works several appliances and lights in the motorhome. Does this mean that the block or I guess they are called buse panels or wiring panels has one bad bolt out of the 6. If so, can I just jump that bolt or move the wires to an empty bolt (2 are empty)? I just don't want to jump or move that wire and later have a major mess on my hands with melted wiring elsewhere in the motorhome. Has anyone heard of these small wiring panels going bad at just one bolt?
