House Batteries not working?
Relatively new to RV'ng, and still getting to know how everything fits together. The way I understand it, I should be able to walk into my RV, and even though I'm not on shore power, and the gen set ...
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To MDKMDK and CharlesinGA, you are correct and your steps have two connections to the chassis battery, the motor circuit which should in Winnebago's have a 25 amp circuit breaker and the ignition on circuit which is protected by a 6 amp circuit breaker.
In trying to follow Winnie's schematics, I got a little off track and believed that the step manufacture's installation instructions would be followed due to CYA statements in the manufacturer's instructions. They are the typical "failure to follow these instructions, may void your warranty and could cause possible harm or even death" statements. Obviously Winnebago did it their way.
I did verify the wiring as I had to replace the Battery Mode Switch yesterday and in addition to photos of the wiring before I disconnected anything I sat there and physically traced all the wires involved by touch. I did cross reference to your particular RVs and found all of the schematics for the models I looked were wired with the motor and ignition on circuits are not only the same in their routing, they also use the same coding to identify those circuits. I only checked a span of fourteen years but identifiers were the same across that range.
I also found that LPI who owns the Kwikee name has produced and placed on their website, the manuals for Kwikee steps. There is a manual for, Kwikee #890 Electric Step, Owner's Manual (Winnebago).
There was absolutely nothing in there about Winnebago's practice of wiring the steps in their own way. The text and illustrations all show the motor circuit connected to the House Battery(ies). I also noticed the CYA statement about warranty and injury is gone from the preamble and only the injury warning is used in mid-text.
In trying to follow Winnie's schematics, I got a little off track and believed that the step manufacture's installation instructions would be followed due to CYA statements in the manufacturer's instructions. They are the typical "failure to follow these instructions, may void your warranty and could cause possible harm or even death" statements. Obviously Winnebago did it their way.
I did verify the wiring as I had to replace the Battery Mode Switch yesterday and in addition to photos of the wiring before I disconnected anything I sat there and physically traced all the wires involved by touch. I did cross reference to your particular RVs and found all of the schematics for the models I looked were wired with the motor and ignition on circuits are not only the same in their routing, they also use the same coding to identify those circuits. I only checked a span of fourteen years but identifiers were the same across that range.
I also found that LPI who owns the Kwikee name has produced and placed on their website, the manuals for Kwikee steps. There is a manual for, Kwikee #890 Electric Step, Owner's Manual (Winnebago).
There was absolutely nothing in there about Winnebago's practice of wiring the steps in their own way. The text and illustrations all show the motor circuit connected to the House Battery(ies). I also noticed the CYA statement about warranty and injury is gone from the preamble and only the injury warning is used in mid-text.
