Dead bus... Help!

[ronmarabito2002]

I would have suggested starting the generator and allowing the
chargers to bring up the batteries well enough for a start, but you
couldn't do that either if both the chassis and house batteries are
dead. I'd have the batteries checked. You probably have a bad one,
or (god for bid) your alternators are not putting out.

Good luck. Let us know what you find.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
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
> aeonix1@...
>