![]() |
Question on a DC problem - Printable Version +- Wanderlodge Gurus - The Member Funded Wanderlodge Forum (http://www.wanderlodgegurus.com) +-- Forum: Yahoo Groups Archive (/forumdisplay.php?fid=61) +--- Forum: WanderlodgeForum (/forumdisplay.php?fid=63) +--- Thread: Question on a DC problem (/showthread.php?tid=6175) |
Question on a DC problem - curlesw - 01-04-2008 18:09 Got a question on a DC problem. We were sitting in the Bird and all of sudden, the lights starts to "flick" every 10 secs and a "clicking" noise was coming from the right load center. Upon investigation, the clicking noise was coming from a small black part which looks like a relay. I have a picture but can't post it here. Anyone know what this is and what could be the problem. Did the part just fail or is there another problem somewhere else. I posted a picture and placed a picture of the part in the album Curles_1985 PT-40. Thanks much. v/r Wayne C. 1985 PT-40 San Diego, CA Question on a DC problem - Glenn Allen - 01-04-2008 18:25 Wayne, I cannot tell the pin number from the picture, but on my wiring diagram for the Right Front Load Center, pin #1 has as 10ga black wire attached at the buss and going to a 30A fuse holder part number 2272839. This is for an outside freezer. Do you have anything plugged into the bay or do you have an outside freezer? The part in the picture looks like it might be an auto-resetting breaker so maybe someting is pulling too much load causing a trip, then it resets and cycles again resulting in the clicking sound. If this is the case, either the part is bad or you have too much load. Check the current draw with a meter. Glenn Allen 1986 PT-40 Marietta, GA --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "curlesw" wrote: > > Got a question on a DC problem. We were sitting in the Bird and all of > sudden, the lights starts to "flick" every 10 secs and a "clicking" > noise was coming from the right load center. Upon investigation, the > clicking noise was coming from a small black part which looks like a > relay. I have a picture but can't post it here. > > Anyone know what this is and what could be the problem. Did the part > just fail or is there another problem somewhere else. I posted a > picture and placed a picture of the part in the album Curles_1985 PT-40. > > Thanks much. > > v/r > Wayne C. > 1985 PT-40 > San Diego, CA > Question on a DC problem - ebirder2000@... - 01-04-2008 22:50 Wayne, Your "small black part" is probably a thermal circuit breaker. When too much current goes through this type of breaker it will open the circuit. As the breaker cools from no current it resets and closes the circuit again. This will of course go on and on. Two obvious possibilities are that the circuit breaker has failed or that that circuit has too much load. There are certainly other possibilities but that is where I would start. NAPA may have these breakers or be able to order one for you. Steve Anderson 79 FC 35 Currently back in Laughlin Nevada In a message dated 1/4/2008 11:09:51 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, curlesw@... writes: Got a question on a DC problem. We were sitting in the Bird and all of sudden, the lights starts to "flick" every 10 secs and a "clicking" noise was coming from the right load center. Upon investigation, the clicking noise was coming from a small black part which looks like a relay. I have a picture but can't post it here. Anyone know what this is and what could be the problem. Did the part just fail or is there another problem somewhere else. I posted a picture and placed a picture of the part in the album Curles_1985 PT-40. Thanks much. v/r Wayne C. 1985 PT-40 San Diego, CA **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Question on a DC problem - bloomas - 01-05-2008 02:23 ----- Original Message ----- From: curlesw To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 12:09 AM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Question on a DC problem Sound to me like the relay for the over head fan over the stove.That is control my the thermostat on the forward wall on the refrigerator Bob Loomas 1985 PT 36 Got a question on a DC problem. We were sitting in the Bird and all of sudden, the lights starts to "flick" every 10 secs and a "clicking" noise was coming from the right load center. Upon investigation, the clicking noise was coming from a small black part which looks like a relay. I have a picture but can't post it here. Anyone know what this is and what could be the problem. Did the part just fail or is there another problem somewhere else. I posted a picture and placed a picture of the part in the album Curles_1985 PT-40. Thanks much. v/r Wayne C. 1985 PT-40 San Diego, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Question on a DC problem - Mike Hohnstein - 01-05-2008 03:57 Sounds like a clicking circuit breaker, which of course indicates a short in the wire that the CB supplies. I hate that when it happens, and it does in a complicated machine that spends time on the road being subjected to the pot holes and expansion joints on the nations highways. Start by identifying the offending circuit, then using a continuity tester locate both ends of the suspect wire. Once that has been accomplished, it's a matter of either finding the location of the "rub thru" and repairing or running a new wire. It's better to find the location of rub thru so the problem doesn't reoccur. Ain't it great puttering with a "vintage 'bird? MH ----- Original Message ----- From: curlesw To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 12:09 AM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Question on a DC problem Got a question on a DC problem. We were sitting in the Bird and all of sudden, the lights starts to "flick" every 10 secs and a "clicking" noise was coming from the right load center. Upon investigation, the clicking noise was coming from a small black part which looks like a relay. I have a picture but can't post it here. Anyone know what this is and what could be the problem. Did the part just fail or is there another problem somewhere else. I posted a picture and placed a picture of the part in the album Curles_1985 PT-40. Thanks much. v/r Wayne C. 1985 PT-40 San Diego, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Question on a DC problem - amweath - 01-05-2008 05:50 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "curlesw" wrote: > > Got a question on a DC problem. We were sitting in the Bird and all of > sudden, the lights starts to "flick" every 10 secs and a "clicking" > > > v/r > Wayne C. > 1985 PT-40 > San Diego, CA I have drawings for both '85 PT36 and PT40. They show six pairs of ckt. breakesr for a total of 12. Looks like you have a 13th fact. installed breaker. I'm wondering what extra option you have calling for that breaker. Art Weatherly Riverside Ca '85 PT36 Question on a DC problem - curlesw - 01-06-2008 07:05 Thanks to everyone, I had never seen a breaker like this before. The part was REALLY hot, so I disconnected it and let it cool. I think it maybe the breaker of outside Vista lights which was an option. They have been a bit troublesome and do have some exposed wires...will need to either be replace or just remove altogether. Thanks again to all for the info, I have enough info to tackle ths prblem. v/r Wayne C. San Diego, CA 1985 PT40 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Glenn Allen" wrote: > > Wayne, > > I cannot tell the pin number from the picture, but on my wiring > diagram for the Right Front Load Center, pin #1 has as 10ga black > wire attached at the buss and going to a 30A fuse holder part number > 2272839. This is for an outside freezer. Do you have anything > plugged into the bay or do you have an outside freezer? The part in > the picture looks like it might be an auto-resetting breaker so maybe > someting is pulling too much load causing a trip, then it resets and > cycles again resulting in the clicking sound. If this is the case, > either the part is bad or you have too much load. Check the current > draw with a meter. > > Glenn Allen > 1986 PT-40 > Marietta, GA > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "curlesw" > wrote: > > > > Got a question on a DC problem. We were sitting in the Bird and > all of > > sudden, the lights starts to "flick" every 10 secs and a "clicking" > > noise was coming from the right load center. Upon investigation, > the > > clicking noise was coming from a small black part which looks like a > > relay. I have a picture but can't post it here. > > > > Anyone know what this is and what could be the problem. Did the > part > > just fail or is there another problem somewhere else. I posted a > > picture and placed a picture of the part in the album Curles_1985 > PT-40. > > > > Thanks much. > > > > v/r > > Wayne C. > > 1985 PT-40 > > San Diego, CA > > > |