Monaco interlocks
Our rigs has some wierd interlocks that I'd really like to change. I've seen or read that it can be done, but lost track of where to find the "how." Basically I'd like to change everything from "is...
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Why?
well let's take setting up camp...
Monaco says slides out first, then level. So I have to shut down the engine, walk to the back, put out the slides, walk back up front, turn the key on, dump the air, and level the coach.... not so bad, but would be easier to just leave it running. Would also have more power (higher voltage) to the jack motor with the engine running.
Not so bad, right?
What about leaving?
start the engine and wait for air pressure. Retract the jacks. Shut down the diesel, walk back, and put all four slides in... walk back up front, restart the diesel, and motor off...
What if I forgot to put the awning in?
Glance in the mirror, see the awning, stop, shut down the deisel, retract the awning, restart the diesel...
What about the time when my DW noticed the door awning flapping 2 miles down the road from the campground?
We'd just got the coach, and I'd NO IDEA the damned awning was interlocked... After hitting the switch - nuttin... unhooking the toad so I could drive up next to the coach and climb on the roof to try to do something about the damned awning... about the time i'm ready to call coachnet, I shut the diesel off cause it had been idling on the side of the road for 30 minutes, tried the switch again, and whadaya no?
IMHO, MY coach would be just as safe with these interlocks connected to the parking brake switch.
So back to the question...
This is a monaco, ALL the wires in the main harnesses are black and/or white, no color codes to be found, you do not just "follow" a wire, they all look the same...
I "think" this is a simple matter of movinga wire on one of the connectors on the big pcb in the front run bay, question is which wires?
well let's take setting up camp...
Monaco says slides out first, then level. So I have to shut down the engine, walk to the back, put out the slides, walk back up front, turn the key on, dump the air, and level the coach.... not so bad, but would be easier to just leave it running. Would also have more power (higher voltage) to the jack motor with the engine running.
Not so bad, right?
What about leaving?
start the engine and wait for air pressure. Retract the jacks. Shut down the diesel, walk back, and put all four slides in... walk back up front, restart the diesel, and motor off...
What if I forgot to put the awning in?
Glance in the mirror, see the awning, stop, shut down the deisel, retract the awning, restart the diesel...
What about the time when my DW noticed the door awning flapping 2 miles down the road from the campground?
We'd just got the coach, and I'd NO IDEA the damned awning was interlocked... After hitting the switch - nuttin... unhooking the toad so I could drive up next to the coach and climb on the roof to try to do something about the damned awning... about the time i'm ready to call coachnet, I shut the diesel off cause it had been idling on the side of the road for 30 minutes, tried the switch again, and whadaya no?
IMHO, MY coach would be just as safe with these interlocks connected to the parking brake switch.
So back to the question...
This is a monaco, ALL the wires in the main harnesses are black and/or white, no color codes to be found, you do not just "follow" a wire, they all look the same...
I "think" this is a simple matter of movinga wire on one of the connectors on the big pcb in the front run bay, question is which wires?
