Turn signal / volt meter 96 Bounder.
Hey guys,
I recently bought a 1996 Bounder 34j with 11k miles. It’s on a 1997 F53 chassis. While having the Banks setup installed the header guy left the step on all night and drained my chassis battery. When starting it on the aux battery the volt meter would fluctuate back and forth in the middle by a couple needle widths and the tv for the backup camera had interference in it.. after about 30 minutes I could see it wasn’t getting better or charging so I pulled the battery and sure enough the battery tested bad. I bought a brand new Odyssey battery, almost a $300 battery and it worked perfect, everything is working good, charging and the needle is solid.. but it got me thinking... one thing I’ve noticed since I bought it is when I turn the blinkers on, either side every time it clicks the needle on the volt meter drops a needle, then goes back up when it’s off, and so on.. does anyone have any ideas what that could be? I noticed this rig seems to be wired differently from Fleetwood. Meaning, instead of the radio fuse being on the fuse panel under the dash like the chassis came with it’s with the Fleetwood wiring. When you **** the motor off the volt meter goes dead completely, vs staying on in a regular Ford (I believe that’s how they worked). Any help would be appreciated! Thanks again!
I recently bought a 1996 Bounder 34j with 11k miles. It’s on a 1997 F53 chassis. While having the Banks setup installed the header guy left the step on all night and drained my chassis battery. When starting it on the aux battery the volt meter would fluctuate back and forth in the middle by a couple needle widths and the tv for the backup camera had interference in it.. after about 30 minutes I could see it wasn’t getting better or charging so I pulled the battery and sure enough the battery tested bad. I bought a brand new Odyssey battery, almost a $300 battery and it worked perfect, everything is working good, charging and the needle is solid.. but it got me thinking... one thing I’ve noticed since I bought it is when I turn the blinkers on, either side every time it clicks the needle on the volt meter drops a needle, then goes back up when it’s off, and so on.. does anyone have any ideas what that could be? I noticed this rig seems to be wired differently from Fleetwood. Meaning, instead of the radio fuse being on the fuse panel under the dash like the chassis came with it’s with the Fleetwood wiring. When you **** the motor off the volt meter goes dead completely, vs staying on in a regular Ford (I believe that’s how they worked). Any help would be appreciated! Thanks again!
