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Headlights going on and off - ingamar2 - 07-24-2009 10:37

I got into a rain storm the other day and had to turn on my lights. When in hi
beam I noticed the lights (head lights and dash lights) would go off for about
10 sec and then come back on for about 20 sec. This pattern continued untill I
went to low beam. If I put the lights on Low then they seem to stay on all the
time. I had the light go off for a few seconds in the middle of the night last
fall and that was not a good thing. Didn't notice a patern at that time. If
anyone has had this problem or knows how to fix it please let me know.


Craig Hovda
Bigfork Mt
1990 WBWL

Headlights going on and off - Pete Masterson - 07-24-2009 11:41

Some of the "fuses" are self-resetting circuit breakers. Sounds like an overload and/or a bad breaker. Might also be a bad relay. Time to start poking around in the main circuit panel.
Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
"aeonix1@mac.com"
On Jul 24, 2009, at 3:37 PM, ingamar2 wrote:

I got into a rain storm the other day and had to turn on my lights. When in hi beam I noticed the lights (head lights and dash lights) would go off for about 10 sec and then come back on for about 20 sec. This pattern continued untill I went to low beam. If I put the lights on Low then they seem to stay on all the time. I had the light go off for a few seconds in the middle of the night last fall and that was not a good thing. Didn't notice a patern at that time. If anyone has had this problem or knows how to fix it please let me know.


Craig Hovda
Bigfork Mt
1990 WBWL



Headlights going on and off - Don Bradner - 07-24-2009 11:56

Since our coaches are the same year, it is possibly similar to my experience. It
was a little worse, because I would also get "Do Not Shift" warnings when the
breaker would trip.

I found that the main wire bundle from the dash passed over a fairly sharp-edged
bar of steel that runs all of the way across behind the dash. Wires had chafed
there and begun to short.

My repair was to use rubber electrical tape around affected wires, and put a
split-rubber tubing along the top of the steel edge.

If you are in Bigfork I figure I'm about 55 miles as the crow flies from you.
Substantially more by road!

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
My location: http://www.bbirdmaps.com/user2.cfm?user=1
Posting today by satellite from St Mary, Montana

On 7/24/2009 at 10:37 PM ingamar2 wrote:

>I got into a rain storm the other day and had to turn on my lights. When
>in hi beam I noticed the lights (head lights and dash lights) would go off
>for about 10 sec and then come back on for about 20 sec. This pattern
>continued untill I went to low beam. If I put the lights on Low then they
>seem to stay on all the time. I had the light go off for a few seconds in
>the middle of the night last fall and that was not a good thing. Didn't
>notice a patern at that time. If anyone has had this problem or knows how
>to fix it please let me know.
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>Craig Hovda
>Bigfork Mt
>1990 WBWL
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Headlights going on and off - GARY MINKER - 07-24-2009 23:35

Congratulations
you have a short
Headlights run on a self resetting circuit breaker for safety and use. It is either a weak breaker, ( measure your current draw ) a rubbed wire, a shorted lamp( measure your current draw ) , or chemical corrosion in a connector.
Gary

--- On Fri, 7/24/09, Don Bradner wrote:
From: Don Bradner
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Headlights going on and off
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, July 24, 2009, 7:56 PM




Since our coaches are the same year, it is possibly similar to my experience. It was a little worse, because I would also get "Do Not Shift" warnings when the breaker would trip.



I found that the main wire bundle from the dash passed over a fairly sharp-edged bar of steel that runs all of the way across behind the dash. Wires had chafed there and begun to short.



My repair was to use rubber electrical tape around affected wires, and put a split-rubber tubing along the top of the steel edge.



If you are in Bigfork I figure I'm about 55 miles as the crow flies from you. Substantially more by road!



Don Bradner

90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"

My location: http://www.bbirdmaps. com/user2. cfm?user= 1

Posting today by satellite from St Mary, Montana



On 7/24/2009 at 10:37 PM ingamar2 wrote:



>I got into a rain storm the other day and had to turn on my lights. When

>in hi beam I noticed the lights (head lights and dash lights) would go off

>for about 10 sec and then come back on for about 20 sec. This pattern

>continued untill I went to low beam. If I put the lights on Low then they

>seem to stay on all the time. I had the light go off for a few seconds in

>the middle of the night last fall and that was not a good thing. Didn't

>notice a patern at that time. If anyone has had this problem or knows how

>to fix it please let me know.

>

>

>Craig Hovda

>Bigfork Mt

>1990 WBWL

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