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Re: Burning Smell and super hot lights
Awesome! Thanks for the advice. I'll get a new battery, get the connections checked and swap the bulbs again. Yes they were cheap cheap Amazon specials. 10 pack for $20. Seemed like the smart thing to do to save battery power when I eventually get one.263Views0likes0CommentsBurning Smell and super hot lights
Hi all, I have just purchased a 1980 Ford E-350 FAN motor home. This is my second purchase of an oldie, but they seem to do me well for the local camping trips I frequently take. As with the first one, I took the RV to the local KOA for a night to test all of the systems and make sure I have no major issues. This time I did. First, the back story: The coach battery has been dead since I bough the unit, so I have been plugging it in at home via a standard 110 outlet when I work in it. (It's nice having A/C while working in it.) The unit is a 30 Amp system as was common with the old guys, but my adapter is a 15 amp adapter for my 110 outlet. The other day I decided to just leave the system plugged in all day and night. The next day after getting home from work, I popped the hood and noticed that the coach battery was super hot and boiling. Fast forward to my trip, I stayed in a KOA with 50amp hook-ups. Again, I elected to use my standard extension cord with my 15 amp 110 adapter. Knowing the battery overheated the last time, I disconnected it. Everything seemed to be working fine. Then it got dark and we powered on the lights. 15 minutes later we noticed a bad burning odor. It smelled like melting plastic. We pegged the lights as the culprits. They were super hot. I guess the question here is, does this sound like a grounding issue or a problem with the inverter? I did pull the cover off the AC breaker box and noticed 1 of the two wires leading out (black wire) looked like it may have melted a little. I also noticed that the fan on the inverter doesn't seem to coming on anymore since the battery incident. One more note, I did switch from the standard incandescent bulbs to the plug and play LED's in between the battery incident and this trip. That said, the few left over incandescent bulbs were getting just as hot if not more then the LED's. Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this.2KViews0likes7CommentsRe: New to forum, and info questions.
All great advice. Thank you. After reading all of the posts I could for the last two days, my Wife and I are already planning our first trip. A two night stay about 45 miles away. Should be perfect for testing the rig. One of you brought up the drive train and weas correct about the the 350. However, it does not have the Turbo 400. It has a turbo 350. I was actually curious if anybody New weather I could buy a turbo 400 and do a straight swap. Would it work, or would I have to make some serious linkage modifications? I'm almost positive it will bolt right up. As for Matt, I will bite. How do you know? Your correct about the fuel lines and stuff. It was some of the first stuff I checked while buying it. It needs a few of them and some were replaced. Tires are less than 3 years old. I lucked out, and the rig only has 85k miles on it. I drove 230 miles home from picking it up, and it drove beautifuly.327Views0likes0CommentsNew to forum, and info questions.
Hello everone!! My name is Andy. I'm obviously new to this forum and as of 2 days ago, new to RV's. I just bought a 1973 Chevy G30 Open Road RV. It's the perfect size for my small family and for the first time in my adulthood, get's me off of the hard ground. I'm very excited. We bought this knowing that we would have some work to do, but being collectors thought it would be perfect. I have been trying to do as much research through these forums as I can to prepare for the troubles and new expierences that a first time RV'r can go through. Lot's of information, you guys have done well. I decided to post this hoping that maybe somebody here would have some more knowledge of these old campers and could give advice of where to seek information on the set-up's and stuff of this oldie. There isn't to much popping up on the web. Anyway, here's a photo. I look forward to chatting about expirences and helping where I can.5.1KViews0likes12Comments
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