Electric Retarder

[Jeff Miller]

Difficult to say how the retarder is wired on an '81 as they weren't
equipped until '83, might not be a bluprint at all. It might be best
to simply re-wire the retarder control supply circuit through a new
ignition-controlled relay and breaker. Faster to do it right than to
figure out how it was done wrong.

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
wrote:
>
> Steve:
>
> I don't have the prints in front of me, I would start by checking
the input
> power for a faulty or corroded connection. Then find the circuit
breaker
> the control power is connected to, you may have weak breaker. Just
a couple
> of thoughts.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
>
> At 03:55 AM 10/7/2006 +0000, you wrote:
> >HELP! Tonight I got my Retarder to show signs of working for the
first
> >time. Every time in the past I have tried it, it never came on.
Well, I
> >was messing around tonight at the dash with switches and The red
> >indicator light came on the dash, and the relays were clicking
under
> >the bus in every position of the lever!! (I know, not too exciting
for
> >most, but it has never worked before!!)I could hear a
> >diffrent sound with 1,2,3 and 4. The red light got a bit dimmer
with
> >the next power, indicating to me that it was sending more, and more
> >power to the unit..?? All of a sudden, the light went off, and the
> >clicking quit. What in the world! I didnt even move in my chair,
much
> >less mess with any connections. I could not get it to come back on
> >again. What would be a good thing to check first? Is there
something to
> >cut power to this? I reset my breakers, and tried everything to
get it
> >to come back.. I want my Retarder back!!! I had the engine/ignition
> >off, and nothing else on.
> >Stephen H
> >81 FC-33SB
> >Plant CIty, FL
> >
> >
> >
>