Florescent 12V Lights

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Good evening everyone:

While on the subject of ballasts/inverters and lighting, let's visit the
problem of what the largest cause of failure is. And that is low voltage to
begin with. If this is not looked into, the lights will light and bulbs
will still blacken on the ends way too early and the ballast/inverter will
fail again.

In the wire runs behind the covers at the back of the overhead
compartments, front and rear, the wire (large yellow 12 ga?) runs from the
circuit breaker to a plastic cannon plug. From there to the switch and thus
the lighting. I have found that the plastic cannon plug to be the problem,
so much so that the insulation around the wire becomes charred. These wires
carry alot of amperage and amperage equates to heat. As the pins in the
plug heat up the plastic of the holes in the plug expand, then contracts as
it cools. After a few years the pins the wires are attached to fail to make
a good contact and a low voltage problem then exists going to the lights. I
have by passed many of these plastic plugs by cutting the wire, adding a
length of wire and connect the main feed back to the lights. I have had to
cut back as much as 2 to 3 inches of wire to get back to good un tinned wire.

These plugs are on both sides and in the rear as well and another that
services the bath light fixtures. It is highly recommended that all of
these main power feed wires be checked, if for nothing else but safety reasons.



Safe travels,

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