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All_I_could_aff
Explorer
Sep 30, 2017

I'm trying to help a friend with his 2000 Fleetwood F53 V10

A good friend of mine called me in a panic. He needs to drive his Fleetwood bounder F53 V10 Home from his seasonal site this weekend and is having some trouble. It has a single 12 V chassis battery...
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JaxDad
Explorer III
Sep 30, 2017
Start with the very basics.

Get a voltmeter. If the chassis battery is dead, replace it. Disconnect the house batteries and see what the chassis battery reads before and after starting the engine. If the alternator is working, it will run fine to get where he needs to be.

After that start diagnosing the house battery issue.

It's likely that with three dead batteries the alternator at idle just can't keep the voltage high enough to sustain the engine. Disconnected house batteries will fix that.

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