Electrical Gremlins

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Morning Pete:

Dash lights/running lights: Sounds like you have a bad connector on the
head light switch. The lower end wire has been known to get hot and char
the wire in the connector. This will affect the tail lights/running lights
as well. Just a thought.

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
84FC35
Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma

At 05:16 PM 12/29/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>Two or three months back, I discovered that I didn't have tail lights
>(turn signals, stop lights, back up lights all worked). All other
>driving lights work. This discovery occurred when I had a lube pump
>installed in my car and (as part of the job) the technician hooked up
>the lighting system.
>
>When I got it home, after some trouble shooting, I discovered that a
>wire was not connected to the Bosch Relay (on the output side). I
>reattached the wire and the lights worked ... and worked for several
>hours while coming back from the Southwest Rally last October
>(including lighting my toad). The disconnected wire seemed odd to
>me ... I couldn't imagine that someone removed the wire on purpose...
>but, I suppose, someone may have been trying to disconnect something
>and may have pulled the wrong wire. I note that the "headlight on"
>light and alarm sound when this circuit is working (and the ignition
>key is in the 'off' position).
>
>We went for a short trip in November and the tail lights may not have
>been working or my wife didn't see them during the light-check. I
>attributed this to the morning sun at her back as I did a light check
>as we departed but now I wonder if the lights had quit working at
>that time.
>
>Now, after a brief trip over the holiday, not only are the tail
>lights not working, neither are the clearance lights nor the
>dashboard lights (both the instruments _and_ the dashboard). These
>lights had been in good working order before this trip.
>
>I'm going to start trouble shooting tomorrow, but I wonder if anyone
>has some ideas. The only thing that's occurred since I re-attached
>the wire to the relay (it was still attached) is that we've had
>several rain storms and some cool weather (barely below freezing, but
>the heater was 'on' in the basement).
>
>I have not noticed any water or moisture in the front panel (behind
>the door on the front of the bus) nor have I noticed any electrical
>odors. Fuses have not blown nor circuit breakers broken. No obviously
>fried wires are visible.
>
>Any comments will be helpful.
>
>Pete Masterson
>aeonix1@...
>'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
>El Sobrante, CA
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