Question for one of you electricians regarding the above coil of wires. I eventually figured out that these wires were from my old King Dome that I replaced with a new HD dish. So since I didn't need them I decided to remove them. Or at least removed what I could easily remove. The big cable with the connector leads up into a wiring harness that goes around behind the cabinet and feeds into the cabinet where the sat box is. I'm still using some of the cabling that is in this bundle and the bundle is wrapped tight, so I didn't want to undo it. So I went ahead and cut this wire up near the roof and tossed out the big coil. After I did that, as I started moving things around I started getting sparks from one of the wires I had just cut as it touched the tin foil layer of the roof insulation.
These sparks have me a little puzzled as I don't understand how the wire has power. I don't have the motorhome plugged in, and the inverter is off. I do have the house batteries on so the only possible source of power is the house batteries or the chassis batteries. But I thought the King Dome was all operated off the 120 volt side? Is there 12 volt power to the King Dome for some reason?
Also, what I thought to be the other end of the cable is not plugged in to anything. It used to plug into the King Dome controller box but that is long gone. I thought the King Dome itself got power from the controller box which doesn't explain why there is still power in this cable.
Any ideas?
On Edit: Nevermind! I found a King Dome manual online. Looks like it does go to 12 volt power someplace after it enters that harness. Good thing I didn't give myself a 12 volt shock when I cut it!
