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jschultzuw
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Nov 26, 2015

Attwood Furnace and or fuse panel issue

When I plug in to AC my furnace automatically runs and fuse panel "clicks" and lights blink every few seconds, furnace never lights. If I disconnect the battery, the furnace works. I have checked all the fuses and breakers that are on the panel.

Here is what happened that likely caused this. I had a battery that wouldn't hold a charge for very long so I took it out to get a new one, only I never unplugged the AC. (dumb) The wires that connected to the battery were floating in the battery compartment when I left, but when I returned they had relaxed and were touching the bottom of the battery compartment arcing in some water. When I got the new battery in and went inside to check that everything worked I noticed the issue I mentioned above with the furnace and that my panel that monitors the battery, grey water, black water and water levels did not work.

I know that the furnace is DC, so I figured maybe I fried the converter? However, when I disconnect the battery completely, the furnace runs correctly. Are there another set of fuses or a relay I should check? Or could I have fried the thermostat? But then that wouldn't explain the "monitor" board for the tanks.

Your help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Jason

2 Replies

  • You got it. I called someone local this morning and they had the same response. Switched them and it worked. I took the leads off, got the battery, came back and hooked the black to negative (like anything else I've wired) and didn't think twice. I should have... :)

    Thank you for your response.

    I still have the issue of the KIB Montior board not working. I'm guessing it got fried. Do you know if the new boards will accept the same pin harness that is coming out of the wall?

    Thanks!
  • Whenever strange electrical things happen AFTER installation of new battery one has to ask

    "Are you sure you connected new battery correctly?"

    Battery cables are not standard colors like automotive.
    Black is usually POSITIVE and white IS NEGATIVE (but then you could have RED and GREEN)

    Point is.......follow battery NEG cable to frame ground

    Usually the converter has 'reverse polarity' fuses that blow when battery is connected backwards. They are large (30A/40A) fuses on converter ....can be on front/side/back of case

    If you unplug AC shore power do you have any 12V DC power? If not reverse polarity fuses or a MAIN battery fuse on POS cable to converter blown


    Also your converter should have a DC output of 13.2V DC minimum when connected to 120V AC shore power (without battery cables connected


    What RV do you have.......year/mfg/model?

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