ksg5000 wrote:
jayhorowitz wrote:
ksg5000 wrote:
In my Fleetwood Jamboree the isolator solenoid should engage when you turn the ignition key - you may have wiring or fuse issue. When I had similar problem I just ran a wire from an empty slot in fuse box through fire wall grommet to the solenoid - the fuse slot of use energized with key turning so it was a quick/inexpensive fix.
Clever fix. Did that mean running a wire all the way from the engine power distribution center to the house battery compartment? ...
As I recall I purchased a "piggyback" fuse and used the radio fuse slot - mine was located near the drivers left knee - ran a wire through a nearby grommet. My rig had an old fashion battery isolator solenoid with 3 lugs - the middle one was used to power up the solenoid and that's where I attached the wire.
After a lot of time tracing wires, looking at diagrams and trying things this is the solution that I think I'm going to run with, seeing as the solenoid is operational (with the emergency start switch) and it looks as though the ignition-activated wire to the solenoid simply isn't giving the solenoid juice. (And I can't seem to trace it into the engine compartment.)
To minimize the length of wire that I need to run I was thinking about tapping one of the fuses by the driver's left knee and splicing that wire into the one coming out of the emergency start switch, which is already wired to the solenoid and is right near the driver's-left-knee fuse box. Does that sound reasonable?
