US Gear Tow Brake Issues
I have a US Gear Unified Tow brake system that has a bad control module and I understand that they are no longer producing this unit or parts for it. I found a unit out of Florida on e-bay and bought it but it also has a bad module. I love this system and have been using it on various toads for at least 20 years. My question is, does anyone have one just laying around that I could buy , or does anyone know the manufacturer of the circuit board. I'm desperate to find a working controller. Thanks so much!
Domestic single zone thermostat
I am having issues with the furnace. I took the furnace out, tested all the components then crossed the thermostat wires and it fired right up. I put the unit back in hooked it up electrically. I adjusted the thermostat to desired temperature and it kicked on but shut down after about 30 seconds. I took the cover off the thermostat. I turn it off then back on readjusted the unit to desired temperature and it worked. I put the cover back on and it quit working. I took the cover back off and tried it again and it worked for 1 cycle. Now sometimes when I try to adjust it the heat display isn’t there. Now it’s not working at all except for the initial blower then kicks back off. I’ve done some searching and some say replace the whole thermostat and others say just replace the cover. I got a cover from another unit but it’s still not working. It’s only a year old and I’m not sure I want to replace it with the same thermostat after reading the reviews. What is a reasonable alternative to this thermostat.
Question about Freedom 458 Inverter
Hi, I have a 2003 Allegro Bus 35IP. It has the Xantrex 458 Charger/Inverter option. I may need to replace the Xantrex and I am trying to figure out some of the factory wiring, specifically regarding the output from the inverter. There appear to be 2 AC circuits (2 20 AMP romex wires) coming out of the Xantrex inverter. I cannot determine where these are fused or how they tie into the primary 120v system. The main 120v Fuse panel has no current through it when the inverter is on (makes sense as to not backfeed the inverter) - yet all the branches work and have power. So really I have two questions: Are there fuses for the 2 output circuts from the inverter, if so where are they located? How does the inverter outputs tie into the 120v system without energizing the main 120v fuse panel?
2002 Alfa See ya #70749 no power to coach from shore power.
2002 Alfa see ya 70749 my transfer switch shore power side went bad so I manually hold the shore side button down and get power in and out the breaker box but no power to coach but if I power on generator it works same power to breaker and out what can cause this?
Upgraded and relocated analog to digital thermostat was working and Now not working.
I was putting the wires back into the wall wire nut it everything and it just stopped working the lights went Out on it no more numbers tried to find a reset I'm going to test the wiring and see if it's still hot but it was a little while ago
Overloading my Victron Multiplus II
I’ve had a gremlin I’ve been searching for and FINALLY found it! My inverter was overloading and I even blew a 400 amp fuse. This had me a little more than worried. I’ve been searching for this thing for a few days and finally found it! I narrowed it down to one of the AC’s but I wasn’t sure why they would have started acting up. I’ve been able to pull my AC’s on battery power for a short period of time when the power goes out due to the fact I installed soft starts in both units. Then all of a sudden the inverter started overloading. It took me a while to narrow it down to what the overload was coming from then the power went out and all I had on were the fridge and AC’s. So I looked at my alarm log s and it said overload on line 1. I thought ok, cool that has to be the living room AC. I got up on the roof and couldn’t see anything wrong with the AC. or the soft start. But I thought well, maybe a capacitor went out? But then as I was digging into the issue later that day I noticed all the power while running on batteries was coming through line 1. I knew for a fact I wired both AC’s on separate lines so this puzzled me. I thought what’s going on did something short out in the inverter? So I dig in some more and learned when on shore power the AC’s do show to be on separate lines but when the inverter switches to batteries it bonds both lines. So, the alarm would always show to be on line 1. So, I got back up on the roof and inspected the other AC. Nothing caught my eye on the unit itself so I looked into the soft start. THERE WAS WATER INSIDE THE SOFT START! The circuit board was shorting out. So the good news is I know what was causing the issue and the inverter doesn’t appear to be damaged. Now I just won’t run the bedroom AC until I can pick up a new soft start. We will be at the Grand Design National Rally in a little over a week so I’ll pick one up there. Water and electricity don’t mix!CANNOT LOCATE FUSE! Wiring diagram HELP PLEASE!
Hello Coachmen owners/mechanics with ELECTRICAL knowledge, New to group here - recently purchased "CROSBY" - a 35' 2002 Cross Country with 5.9 Cummins, Allison 6 speed. Needs a LOT of coach work before my 4500+ mile trip from CO > KS > MO > IL > KY > TN > SC > FL > AL > LA > AR > OK > CO, planning to leave October 15th. Got a LOT to do before I depart - THIS IS MY MOST PRESSING ISSUE: On my post purchase trip home with it this past July, I stopped to fill up with diesel and made the rookie mistake of thinking the chassis batteries were dead when I tried to start the engine after fill-up. They weren't dead - I didn't have the gear shifter seated in neutral. Not sure if what ensued caused my current problem. I had a big diesel tow truck come to the rescue and connect jumper cables to the chassis batteries and tried to start - only worked after I realized I wasn't in neutral, moved/clicked into seated neutral, then started right up. Haven't had a starting issue since (two months, 30+ starts). BUT, I'm pretty certain that all of these accessories stopped working at the time of the unnecessary jump start attempt: dash climate control (heat/ac/blower), windshield wipers, both fans at the upper corners of the windshield, the aftermarket backup camera wired to the headlight switch (but the headlights still work), and aftermarket touch screen stereo. The stereo didn't fail at once - the touch screen would intermittently not work, would power on and off haphazardly, and finally died completely. The guy I bought it from said he thought I fried a relay connected to the gear shifter and tried to help me find it doing facetime video troubleshooting. No luck. I pulled every fuse panel I could find searching for blown fuse(s) but haven't found any blown ones. The one thing I did find is burned/damaged wire sheathing on both sides of the leveling system wiring connector accessible from the front left exterior access panel where the hydraulic fluid reservoir sits. A friend of mine said the wires looked "burned" but I'm not convinced they are burned or even degraded from excessive heat, I think the 23 year old wiring harness may have simply degraded (the rig was parked outside most of it's life) from seasonal temperature fluctuations. I disconnected that harness because bare wires were touching each other after I wiped away all of the degradation. I never did test the leveling system before or after I bought it and won't reconnect it until I fix that problem. I called Forest River's Coachmen Cross Country division and they said they don't have wiring diagrams to share for builds before 2009. Does anyone out there have or know where to find those diagrams OR better yet, YOU might know exactly where I should look for a fuse/relay/component to replace to solve my problem - please enlighten me! Much advance appreciation here! ALSO - happy to provide detailed photos/video of anything that would help diagnose and/or schedule a facetime/zoom/(any video conferencing platform) for virtual assistance.
