power problem on 88 pt 40

[mbulriss]

I am on the phone with Mike McMahan right now and he has some great
basic observations - they apparently had power, left for a while and
then had no power when they returned. Could it be that in that cold
up there that the house batteries died while they were out? Did they
leave the inverter on while out? Check the volt meter on the driver's
dash and see what it reads. Is it over 12V? IF not, the batteries
could be dead. Then there is a lot of possibilities as to why, but
measuring the voltage at the batteries would be the next quick test to
see what the batteries read. Call Mike at 254-848-5294 or
254-913-1176 and he will walk you through some things to check. He
has an 89 and also has 12V master.

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
wrote:
>
> Robert & Teri,
> From the information that Teri sent I agree with the others, it's a
12V
> problem.
>
> A summary of things to check:
> 1) find the DC Master Switch and turn it on-off-on a few times. Our '87
> has that switch under the drivers dash area. Be sure the wires are
tight.
>
> 2) find the A/T Switch (Anti-Theft) and be sure it is set to OFF. Our
> coach has that switch on the right side of the dash in front of the
> driver.
>
> 3) check that the A/T switch (that may be a Bugler Alarm) outside the
> entry door is set to OFF.
>
> 4) find the Electronic Master Switch and be sure it is set to ON. Our
> coach has that switch in the upper cabinet above the glass door
cabinet,
> above the U-Line. There should be a fuse or circuit breaker somewhere
> that works with the switch.
>
> 5) Mike Bulriss offered some good suggestions.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Curt Sprenger
> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>

[Leroy Eckert]

Yes, those observations are certainly a possibility except they were plugged
into shore power, and reported the batteries to be charging. Then, when the
problem is finally located. Why or how did it happen?

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL




----- Original Message -----
From: mbulriss
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 11:39 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: power problem on 88 pt 40


I am on the phone with Mike McMahan right now and he has some great
basic observations - they apparently had power, left for a while and
then had no power when they returned. Could it be that in that cold
up there that the house batteries died while they were out? Did they
leave the inverter on while out? Check the volt meter on the driver's
dash and see what it reads. Is it over 12V? IF not, the batteries
could be dead. Then there is a lot of possibilities as to why, but
measuring the voltage at the batteries would be the next quick test to
see what the batteries read. Call Mike at 254-848-5294 or
254-913-1176 and he will walk you through some things to check. He
has an 89 and also has 12V master.

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
wrote:
>
> Robert & Teri,
> From the information that Teri sent I agree with the others, it's a
12V
> problem.
>
> A summary of things to check:
> 1) find the DC Master Switch and turn it on-off-on a few times. Our '87
> has that switch under the drivers dash area. Be sure the wires are
tight.
>
> 2) find the A/T Switch (Anti-Theft) and be sure it is set to OFF. Our
> coach has that switch on the right side of the dash in front of the
> driver.
>
> 3) check that the A/T switch (that may be a Bugler Alarm) outside the
> entry door is set to OFF.
>
> 4) find the Electronic Master Switch and be sure it is set to ON. Our
> coach has that switch in the upper cabinet above the glass door
cabinet,
> above the U-Line. There should be a fuse or circuit breaker somewhere
> that works with the switch.
>
> 5) Mike Bulriss offered some good suggestions.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Curt Sprenger
> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>





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[mbulriss]

You know, the more I think about this, I think Mike McMahan is right
on topic. As we understand the flow, they went out (apparently
everything working) and then came back to no 12V power up front. The
original owner of my 83 said that one time they went off and left the
icemaker running through on the Rediline (AKA early inverter) and came
back to find they had no 12V because it had drained the batteries
dead. It's not like the 12V master turned itself off while they were
gone unless they turned it off on purpose or by accident when leaving.
Hmmm, definitely time to look at the volt meter on the dash and then
check the house batteries.

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX - off to spread two truck loads of mulch and continue
trimming trees from the ice storm.........

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" <mbulriss@...> wrote:
>
> I am on the phone with Mike McMahan right now and he has some great
> basic observations - they apparently had power, left for a while and
> then had no power when they returned. Could it be that in that cold
> up there that the house batteries died while they were out? Did they
> leave the inverter on while out? Check the volt meter on the driver's
> dash and see what it reads. Is it over 12V? IF not, the batteries
> could be dead. Then there is a lot of possibilities as to why, but
> measuring the voltage at the batteries would be the next quick test to
> see what the batteries read. Call Mike at 254-848-5294 or
> 254-913-1176 and he will walk you through some things to check. He
> has an 89 and also has 12V master.
>
> Mike Bulriss
> 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> San Antonio, TX
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
> wrote:
> >
> > Robert & Teri,
> > From the information that Teri sent I agree with the others, it's a
> 12V
> > problem.
> >
> > A summary of things to check:
> > 1) find the DC Master Switch and turn it on-off-on a few times.
Our '87
> > has that switch under the drivers dash area. Be sure the wires are
> tight.
> >
> > 2) find the A/T Switch (Anti-Theft) and be sure it is set to OFF. Our
> > coach has that switch on the right side of the dash in front of the
> > driver.
> >
> > 3) check that the A/T switch (that may be a Bugler Alarm) outside the
> > entry door is set to OFF.
> >
> > 4) find the Electronic Master Switch and be sure it is set to ON.
Our
> > coach has that switch in the upper cabinet above the glass door
> cabinet,
> > above the U-Line. There should be a fuse or circuit breaker
somewhere
> > that works with the switch.
> >
> > 5) Mike Bulriss offered some good suggestions.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > Curt Sprenger
> > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > Anaheim Hills, Calif.
> >
>

[Howard O. Truitt]

Mike if what you say is correct then don't you think they should cut the
Rediline off.
I lost some power before and could not find the problem. Benny told me to cut
all the breakers off and bring them back on one at a time it solved the problem.
My 12V master switch is under the dash on the right of the steering column. The
12V electronic master switch is in the overhead bin on the drivers side the last
bin over the couch behind the speaker toward the kitchen. The AT switch in on
the section of the lower drivers dash in line with the steering column. My
Generator, 30 amp, 50 amp switch is on the floor between the wall and the co
pilot seat.
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
86 PT40


----- Original Message -----
From: mbulriss
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 1:02 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: power problem on 88 pt 40


You know, the more I think about this, I think Mike McMahan is right
on topic. As we understand the flow, they went out (apparently
everything working) and then came back to no 12V power up front. The
original owner of my 83 said that one time they went off and left the
icemaker running through on the Rediline (AKA early inverter) and came
back to find they had no 12V because it had drained the batteries
dead. It's not like the 12V master turned itself off while they were
gone unless they turned it off on purpose or by accident when leaving.
Hmmm, definitely time to look at the volt meter on the dash and then
check the house batteries.

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX - off to spread two truck loads of mulch and continue
trimming trees from the ice storm.........

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" <mbulriss@...> wrote:
>
> I am on the phone with Mike McMahan right now and he has some great
> basic observations - they apparently had power, left for a while and
> then had no power when they returned. Could it be that in that cold
> up there that the house batteries died while they were out? Did they
> leave the inverter on while out? Check the volt meter on the driver's
> dash and see what it reads. Is it over 12V? IF not, the batteries
> could be dead. Then there is a lot of possibilities as to why, but
> measuring the voltage at the batteries would be the next quick test to
> see what the batteries read. Call Mike at 254-848-5294 or
> 254-913-1176 and he will walk you through some things to check. He
> has an 89 and also has 12V master.
>
> Mike Bulriss
> 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> San Antonio, TX
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
> wrote:
> >
> > Robert & Teri,
> > From the information that Teri sent I agree with the others, it's a
> 12V
> > problem.
> >
> > A summary of things to check:
> > 1) find the DC Master Switch and turn it on-off-on a few times.
Our '87
> > has that switch under the drivers dash area. Be sure the wires are
> tight.
> >
> > 2) find the A/T Switch (Anti-Theft) and be sure it is set to OFF. Our
> > coach has that switch on the right side of the dash in front of the
> > driver.
> >
> > 3) check that the A/T switch (that may be a Bugler Alarm) outside the
> > entry door is set to OFF.
> >
> > 4) find the Electronic Master Switch and be sure it is set to ON.
Our
> > coach has that switch in the upper cabinet above the glass door
> cabinet,
> > above the U-Line. There should be a fuse or circuit breaker
somewhere
> > that works with the switch.
> >
> > 5) Mike Bulriss offered some good suggestions.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > Curt Sprenger
> > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > Anaheim Hills, Calif.
> >
>






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