Squealers wrote:
dougrainer wrote:
Unlike a Car, Tiffin powers items Tiffin installs NOT THRU the chassis fuse box. The Items you listed are powered thru the Coach Battery and the chassis, but required the coach batteries to be powered up to engage the relay/solenoid that is activated BY the chassis ignition on side of the key switch. There are separate fuses for those items but they are a Tiffin installed fuse box. You need to get a quick jump to the dead coach batteries using jumper cables. Once you have 12 volts to the coach batteries the Emergency start switch will be able to activate and use a toothpick to hold switch ON. Run the chassis engine for about 20 minutes and that should be enough time to get the Genset to start. Once the Genset starts, leave it on for about 4 hours. That will be long enough for the Inverter/charger to charge up the coach batteries to full. Remove the toothpick once the genset starts. Doug
Doug, first, thank you so much, your instructions were perfect...I jumped the house batteries and the genset started right up....I will get it home and plug it in to finish the charging.
Do you have step by step instructions on shutting everything down when you place your rig in non powered storage?
Keith
Make sure the Inverter is OFF----This is the biggest thing RV'ers forget. Remote panel is out of sight and out of mind. Battery disconnects NEVER shut off power to the Inverter/Charger. So, on your model Tiffin, Turn the batteries off at the entry door. Make sure the Inverter is OFF. Once the Ignition key is off the chassis will be OK. Now, on Tiffin, they have 2 manual battery disconnects also. One at the chassis battery area and the other at the coach battery area unless you have the coach batteries in the entry step. Doug
