Florescent 12V Lights

[Stephen Birtles]

or if you have a really old coach like my 77 no cannon plugs just a
billion butt connectors which need checking also
Stephen 77fc35


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
wrote:
>
> 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
> 84FC35
> Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
>