Dead bus... Help!

[Pete Masterson]

The batteries weren't dead. The ground wire to the chasis had come
loose and wasn't making contact. The generator was running. The house
batteries are brand new ... I just installed them on Friday (what a
job). The engine batteries aren't that old (2-3 years at most).


Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
aeonix1@...



On Apr 2, 2007, at 3:33 PM, ronmarabito2002 wrote:

> 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
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> --- 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@...
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