Emergency Start switch didn't work
My Engine battery drained down over the weekend. 2011 Four winds 31k. It has the emergency start switch over the parking brake release. It did not work to start the engine. I had to take house battery...
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Another freakin' needless nightmare. An intermittent duty solenoid should be protected by a circuit breaker not a fuse.
EMERGENCY START BUTTONS should have THREE WIRES BASIC CONNECTION.
1. The wire that runs to the solenoid
2. 2nd wire that runs to the CHASSIS BATTERY. 2 and 3 connected to the same switch pole
3. 3rd wire that runs to the house battery bank. 2 and three connected to the same the same switch pole.
The suitably large diodes prevent electricity from bleeding between battery banks.
When I installed these systems I used TWELVE GAUGE cross-link wire and a 15 amp breaker. A 7-1/2 amp fuse is TOO SMALL. Try and convince me a 195X14 tire is suitable for a Winnebago Class A. This design error is careless engineering. Intermittent duty starter solenoids are low resistance meaning the coil can suck 10 amps for some model solenoids. This is why a 25 amp rocker switch is vital. All this nonsense is due to penny pinching manufacturing limitations. You can fix all of it once and forever if you wish to. The @#$%^&! circuit breaker should be placed next to the emergency start solenoid, not between the passenger's knees. Feed it with dual dioded feeders instead of the switch if you want to.
Cole-Hersee 30-amp rated rocker switch.
If there is power in any of the battery banks when you push the button the engine will crank.
Wire 2 has a suitably large RECTIFIER DIODE placed inline. Cathode to switch
Wire 3 DITTO. A 2nd diode cathode on switch side.
EMERGENCY START BUTTONS should have THREE WIRES BASIC CONNECTION.
1. The wire that runs to the solenoid
2. 2nd wire that runs to the CHASSIS BATTERY. 2 and 3 connected to the same switch pole
3. 3rd wire that runs to the house battery bank. 2 and three connected to the same the same switch pole.
The suitably large diodes prevent electricity from bleeding between battery banks.
When I installed these systems I used TWELVE GAUGE cross-link wire and a 15 amp breaker. A 7-1/2 amp fuse is TOO SMALL. Try and convince me a 195X14 tire is suitable for a Winnebago Class A. This design error is careless engineering. Intermittent duty starter solenoids are low resistance meaning the coil can suck 10 amps for some model solenoids. This is why a 25 amp rocker switch is vital. All this nonsense is due to penny pinching manufacturing limitations. You can fix all of it once and forever if you wish to. The @#$%^&! circuit breaker should be placed next to the emergency start solenoid, not between the passenger's knees. Feed it with dual dioded feeders instead of the switch if you want to.
Cole-Hersee 30-amp rated rocker switch.
If there is power in any of the battery banks when you push the button the engine will crank.
Wire 2 has a suitably large RECTIFIER DIODE placed inline. Cathode to switch
Wire 3 DITTO. A 2nd diode cathode on switch side.
