Odd things connected to the House Batteries
Let me start by saying that I am no way complaining. I am just sharing information. Background: Ive only owned 2 Motorhomes. The "old one" was a 1995 Damon. The new one is a Holiday Rambler. ...
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jplante4 wrote:
Well as long as the topic has come up, I might as well confess. I couldn't get the dash radio to work on the Sahara this spring. I know it was working when we picked it up from the last owner last fall. So I went to Wally World and picked up a cheapo Pioneer and threw it in. It also solved the problem of having to hook up the 10 disc CD changer, because the new radio has a USB port.
I swapped all the wires over and by golly the new radio didn't work either. Out comes the multi-meter and I discover that I have no DC to the radio connector. I run a new power wire to the switched chassis fuse box and all is well.
One day a few weeks later, I'm sitting in the driver's seat exploring things and I see this switch with musical notes on it.
DOH!
I have an Old Norton motorcycle. I decided to wire in a newer, brighter LED taillight one day. It worked great and the light was super bright but after I did it the bike would not start. Now remember this is a 1970 British bike so there is NO electrical starter and you have to kick start it. After about 300 kicks I pull out the multi meter and I cant understand what I am seeing at all. It makes no sense to me. After a long trip to a British bike shop and a few hundred dollars later I learned that these old Brit bikes have a positive ground (they call it positive earth). Think of it like this Red is Negative and Black is positive. DOH!!!!!!!
I will never make that mistake again.
