tgobob
Titusville, FL, USA
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Recently my interior 12 volt lights started flickering. This flickering seems to be affecting all the 12 volt lights except for the fluorescents. I have checked all the connections on the house batteries (4) and they're all tight. My suspicion is a loose ground somewhere, but I'm not sure where the house batteries are grounded. There's wires going everywhere and when they pass through a bulkhead it's not very easy to trace them. Any other ideas?
tgobob
Titusville, FL
2003 Allegro Bus
350 HP Cummins ISC diesel engine
Freightliner chassis
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crasster
Dallas
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Could be a loose ground or perhaps a bad battery? Are they flickering all the time? What about when plugged in?
House batteries should be grounded somehow to the frame or grounding rod.
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John339
Clyde Ca. USA
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Do they flicker when running on gen set? Do they flicker when on outside power?
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frankdamp
Anacortes, or wherever we've gone.
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x2 on the loose ground (or maybe corroded). There will probably be a large crimped on eyelet type lug bolted to the metal structure somewhere, maybe in the ekectrical hook-up bay or near the transfer relay box if you have a generator.
Un-bolt it , clean off any rust, bolt it backg down tight, maybe with a new star-washer, and put some Vaseline or dielectric grease over it.
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