Dead bus... Help!

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Hi Pete:

A couple of questions to consider;
1. What voltage is your dash DC gauge say?
2. Will the Gen set start?

If you have 12.5/13.1 vdc on the gauge, then I would try going to the rear
start switch and try to start form there. If it won't turn, check the
grounds, especially the one between the starter and frame and the starter
and the start solenoid. The rear/off/front toggle switch has been a bad boy
in the past.

Just tossing some ideas, but if the starter gave you 1/2 turn I would put
my money on the ground strap.

Safe travels,

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

At 10:14 AM 4/2/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>Got up this AM _really_ early in Kingman and headed east on I-40.
>Uneventful drive for 100+ miles. Stopped in Flagstaff since spouse
>wants to visit a national monument nearby. We pulled into a shopping
>center parking lot to rest awhile and to unhook the toad --- and
>found the battery dead (learned a new lesson). Re-hooked the car to
>the coach to drag it over to a service station for a jump AND...
>
>The bus won't start. I flipped the ignition switch ... the buzzers
>came on (as usual), then turned to the start position, the starter
>motor turned briefly -- then quit. All ignition-related circuits are
>dead. No buzzers, no starter, nada...
>
>I checked the load center in the front and the load center in the
>back closet. Nothing obvious and no tripped breakers or blown fuses
>that I could see. Looked in the engine compartment (back and side)
>nothing seems to be out of place. No fried wires.
>
>Is there a master fuse/circuit breaker somewhere? Any ideas.
>
>(I've called for service ... but I'd sure like to understand this
>myself, if possible.)
>
>Thanks for any comments.
>
>Pete Masterson
>'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
>Flagstaff, AZ
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