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Posted By: ALnCORY on 06/04/12 09:47am

Jer,
What a really nice score!.... I picked up an 84 Kountry Aire Ford chassis last summer (I had to actually buy mine though) that was in very good condition. I think mine has the same generator and fridge. Its a little bigger at 26'. I am keeping my dodge though as it is running fine and when the kids want to borrow one they can take to old Dodge. Congrats on new find. We need to go camping one of these weekends. Just somewhere close up in the Boise or Payette forest area. have a good summer.

I don't think anyones dying statement ever contained the words "I wish I had spent more time in the office", so lets go somewhere!

Posted By: Jer&Ger on 06/05/12 10:11am

Thanks Al, we'll have to do that. I don't know what we are going to be doing yet, things are really up in the air for the time being, with the new RV work I need to do. Heck, I haven't even found the house battery on that thing yet! I'll keep in touch and we WILL get together! Jerry

Jerry & Gerry, our pets (dogs), Byron, Coco
1976 Monaco, 440 ci. Dodge Sportsman chassis

Posted By: ALnCORY on 06/05/12 11:26am

Sounds good Jerry,
I saw one with the house battery down under the motor somewhere.. you had to crawl under the rig to get the house battery out.... I think that was a class A though.. any way good luck, hollar if you need anything.
Al

Posted By: fierystorm on 06/11/12 05:54pm

Hi guys,

Thanks for answering to my question! Sorry its taken me so long to reply but I've had some net issues.

I'll check his thoughts out, thank you SG!

hey Treeseeker,

Grounds are good. Voltage on the battery is right where it needs to be. Checked the voltage from my voltage limiter - interesting results... old one is a pulsing 5 volts at each gauge. New one registers 12 volts (so much for limiting the voltage) at each gauge and so I'll be exchanging that replacement for a new one.

Oii! [emoticon]

Yes, sorry about that I wasn't thinking when I named the gauges. 4 gauges - water temp, fuel, amps and oil pressure. All fuses seem to be good as far as my fuse block. I'm not finding others on any of my schematics or from hunting around if there are any direct fuses for the gauges, just the gauge lights? If I understand correctly it goes from the battery straight to the board, to the limiter, to the gauge itself.

So I'm still hunting. [emoticon]

~Fiery
Aka Mike

Posted By: Jer&Ger on 06/11/12 09:13pm

Well Al, I did find the battery and it was right under the drivers seat! I want to change to my two 6v. golf cart batteries but I don't think there is anywhere to put them [emoticon]

. It is a Trojan something and seems to be holding a charge now that the unit is plugged in. So far everything seems to work except the engine battery, so I guess it time for a new one there. I keep you informed as I go. Jerry

Posted By: TreeSeeker on 06/12/12 09:28am

Jerry wrote:

It is a Trojan something and seems to be holding a charge now that the unit is plugged in.

Keep in mind that these old converters do not have smart chargers. Mine just holds the voltage at 13.6v which boils the battery dry in no time and eventually kills the battery. I find it best to disconnect the battery from the converter and charge it using a smart battery charger or maintainer.

Also, note that the engine battery is not getting charged when on shore power. I use another separate charger for that battery too.

Posted By: Jer&Ger on 06/12/12 09:08pm

Thanks. I just went out and took the fuse out from the charging circuit. I also took a look at the water heater. Someone put a steel plug in the drain hole and I can't get it out so I can check and/or drain it. Any ideas for that anyone? This is looking like more work than I thought.

Posted By: ALnCORY on 06/13/12 10:56am

Short of trying some WD40 or similar product to loosen it up some I don't know.... Theres not much room to work on them usually.

Posted By: oldtrucker63 on 06/13/12 08:55pm

A Steel plug in an Aluminum tank NOT Good, You might heat the plug and get it loose but don't put to much heat straight to the tank, Keep it to the plug as much as you can, A small propane torch should work well.

Without Trucks,....America Stop's

Posted By: Leeann on 06/13/12 09:00pm

Finally got my voltage regulated properly, thanks to the Yahoo Travco list. Got a Mopar voltage regulator, part #P4529794, from Summit and, at idle after warmup, we saw the voltage steady at 13.5.

That's a first since we bought the rig.

'73 Concord 20' Class A w/Dodge 440 - see profile for photo

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