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rvc123
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May 28, 2013

RV - Custom products. BCC

my 97 fleetwood southwind 35 ft with 7.4 l vortec gas engine has blown a fuse relay in the battery control board, do I need to get a new board, or can the relay, which is sodered on, be removed.

if so, how do I do either, I am new to RVing and not afraid to say no nothing about this stuff. can u help.

thanks

rvc123
97 fleetwood southwind 7.4 l vortec gas
  • rvc123,
    While it is possible to salvage one of those boards, it's not often done. On our previous coach, a '99 Fleetwood Bounder 34V with the F-53 Chassis and V-10, that board had a defective "time delay relay" on it and after as much research as I possibly could do, I found out that basically it was only a diode or, resistor and a diode etc. that was most likely the culprit(s). So, I went to Radio Shack, bought what I thought was the correct components for replacing what I thought was bad, and, well, it didn't work. Oh well, it was a few dollar try.

    So, off to a Fleetwood authorized dealer, where at that time, was the only place I could purchase one of those boards. So, about $130.00 later, that new board did the trick and that BCC has worked flawless ever since. And that was over 8 years ago. So, it all depends on your ability to "tinker", get advice from others and maybe do some form of trouble shooting, or, order a board up and be done with it. They're not hard to replace. It took me about, 30 minutes to R&R mine. Good luck.
    Scott
  • rvc123 wrote:
    my 97 fleetwood southwind 35 ft with 7.4 l vortec gas engine has blown a fuse relay in the battery control board, do I need to get a new board, or can the relay, which is sodered on, be removed.

    if so, how do I do either, I am new to RVing and not afraid to say no nothing about this stuff. can u help.
    thanks rvc123


    I've never heard of a device called a "fuse relay". Do you know what function the device supports? What doesn't work because of the failure?

    I can give you a link to the RV-CP BCC trouble shooting procedures and component diagrams if needed.