Are Engine and House Batteries Connected?
On a long trip home, after stopping to get gas, I turned the key to start, and the dashboard went dark. After a bit of panic in the 95 degree weather, I tried the "battery boost" switch, and feeling ...
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Olddud wrote:
Thanks Charles. Looking at the wiring diagram, it appears these two solenoids are inside a two handled "Battery Mode Solenoid and Relays" box. I will check into it.
Very good info.
In my View, you lift a lid in the floor between the seats, then remove a panel screwed over the power box. Later model Views put it under the RH seat. No idea where they hid it on yours.
Be sure and disconnect BOTH the CHASSIS and COACH/HOUSE batteries before working in this box to disconnect/connect or remove/replace anything.
The fact that your boost switch worked tells me the relay is probably OK. There have been a few Views (only a couple I have read about) found with the Boost switch wired wrong, and the boost portion worked OK but the battery charge portion did not work, as two wires were cross pinned at the switch. One owner went for several years before he discovered the problem. He always used shore power and never noticed. He then started boondocking and then had house batteries going dead on him.
Charles
